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Ó Fearghail
The Ó Fearghail are an Irish family of County Longford, who were the Princes of Annaly for 6 centuries. The patronym means "descendant of Fearghail", whose name means "man of valour". Fearghail was a great-grandson of Angaile, a 10th-century King of Fortúatha who conquered and gave his name to Annaly. His Ó Fearghail descendants were the Princes of Annaly, and the Ó Fearghail produced 7 Bishops of Ardagh. Anglicised forms of the surname include O'Farrell, O'Ferrall, Ferrell and Farrell. Early history According to the historian C. Thomas Cairney, the Ó Fearghail were part of the Conmaicne Rein tribe in Ireland who came from the Erainn tribe who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland from about 500 and 100 BC. The Ó Fearghail chieftain historically sat at the Ó Fearghail stronghold of Longford (Irish orthography: '' Longphort Uí Fhearghail''), with another Ó Fearghail seat at Moatfarrell (Irish orthography: ''Móta Uí Fhearghail'') in the eastern ...
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