Fercert Ó hUiginn (died 1419) was an Irish

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. Fercert was a member of the

Ó hUiginn Ó hUiginn is the surname of a Gaels, Gaelic-Irish people, Irish family of soldiers, poets, and historians located in Connacht. Originally part of the southern Uí Néill based in the Irish midlands, they moved west into Connacht. They were espec ...

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family of

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. His obit, ''sub anno''

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in the

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, identifies him as the head of Ó hUiginn line descended from the poet Gilla na Neamh Ó h-Uiginn, who died in 1349: * ''Ferceart, the son of Higgin, son of Gilla-na-naev O'Higgin, the Kennfinè of the race of Gilla-na-naev O'Higgin, died.''

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* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005D/ People from County Sligo Writers from County Mayo Writers from County Galway 15th-century Irish poets 1419 deaths Year of birth unknown Irish male poets {{Ireland-poet-stub