Ó Fearghuis was the name of a Gaelic

Gaels

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-Irish

Irish people

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 medical family from Connacht. The surname

Surname

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 is now generally rendered as Fergus

Fergus

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The family were originally based at Roscam, in Clann Fhergail

Clann Fhergail

Clann Fhergail was a cantred located in County Galway, compriseing the baronies of Moycullen and Galway, the parishes of Oranmore and Ballynacourty and Rahoon....

 (between Oranmore

Oranmore

Oranmore is a village in County Galway on the outskirts of Galway city in Ireland. With its major housing developments, Oranmore is rapidly becoming a part of Galway's commuter or suburban belt...

 and Galway City). In the 13th century they seem to have removed to north Connacht, to what would later become County Mayo

County Mayo

County Mayo is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Mayo, which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 130,552...

. During the 14th-century members of the family created the manuscript

Manuscript

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 which would come to be known as Liber Flavus Fergusiorum. The last member of the family to own it was John Fergus (scholar)

John Fergus (scholar)

Dr. John Fergus, Irish physician and man of letters, c.1700 – c.1761.A descendant of the Ó Fearghuis medical family of Connacht, Doctor Fergus a native of County Mayo but moved to Dublin city early in his adult life....

, who died in Dublin about 1761.

External links

• http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
• http://www.ria.ie/library/special-collections/manuscripts/liber-flavus-fergusiorum.aspx