Index of Names in Irish Annals: Fergus / Fearghus [Ogham: Vergosus]

by Mari Elspeth nic Bryan (Kathleen M. O'Brien)

© 2000-2007 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 2.6, updated 23 June 2007


Masculine Given Names: Fergus / Fearghus [Ogham: Vergosus]

Spellings:

What we know as a set of Irish Annals are manuscripts that were each compiled during a particular time period, usually using older material as sources. For example, when the Annals of the Four Masters were written from 1632 to 1636, they covered events that occurred centuries and millenia before (including legendary history). So, when an entry in this set of annals refers to a person who lived in the year 738, the spelling used for that person's name is very likely not using the spelling that would have been used in 738.

Standard forms of this name (based on spelling systems of different periods) would be:

Frequency & Dates:

Number of men found in the annals with this name: 33
Found in Years: 503, 537, 543, 544, 547, 559, 560, 561, 565, 566, 570, 579, 584, 585, 618, 634, 654, 671, 668, 692, 732, 736, 738, 741, 744, 745, 750, 754, 756, 757, 776, 780, 817, 835, 843, 866, 894, 926, 1402, 1420, 1423, 1490, 1505, 1599

Research Notes:

Sources:

Further information about the name Fergus / Fearghus [Ogham: Vergosus] may be found in:

The Sources page lists the Annals referenced below. Information about secondary sources is included on that page as well.


Raw Data

In the table below, I have separated individuals with a blank line. That is, when there are multiple entries in the annals that refer to a single person, those entries are grouped together.

Within the list of entries refering to a single person, I have sorted the entries primarily by orthography when it is obvious that what I am seeing is the same entry showing up in multiple annals. The entries that tend to use older spellings are listed first.

Special factors which may affect name usage are marked in the context column.

ANindicates a member of an Anglo-Norman family
ASindicates an Anglo-Saxon
Nindicates a Norseman
Pindicates a Pict
Rindicates a person holding a religious office
Sindicates a person from Scotland

NOTE: The Annals referenced below under the code letters A, B, C, E, & F tend to use later spellings than the other Annals. In some cases, the spellings listed in these Annals may not be appropriate for the year referenced in the Annal entry.

In some Gaelic scripts, there is a character that looks approximately like a lowercase f, but without the crossbar. This character (represented by an underscored , e, in the entries below) sometimes represents e and sometimes ea depending upon the context of the text.

AnnalsEntryContextCitation (formatting preserved)
 
(d. 503)
TT503.3Feargus Mor mac Earca cum gente Dal Riada partem Britaniae tenuit [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
 
(d. ?)
UU543.2Forggus & Domnall, duo filii Mc. Erce
AM537.3ria b-Fergus & ria n-Domhnall, da mac Muirchertaigh, mic Earcca
UU547.1Domnall & Forgus duo filii Muirchertaig mc. Earca
AM544.3ria b-Fherghus & ria n-Domhnall dá mac Muirchertaich mic Earcca
AM544.3ria b-Fherghus & ria n-Domhnall dá mac Muirchertaich mic Earcca
UU561.1Forggus & Domnall, da mc. Mc Ercae, .i. da mc. Muirchertaigh mc. Muireadaigh mc. Eoghain mc. Neill
AM559.1dá mac Muirchertaich, mic Muireadhaigh, i righe n-Ereann .i. Domhnall & Feargus
AM559.2ria n-Domhnall & ria b-Fergus
UU563.1Forggus
UU565.1duo filii Mc. Erce, Forgus & Domnall
AM560.1do Domhnall & d'Feargus
UU566.1Forgus & Domnall
AM561.1do Domhnall & d'Feargus, da mac Muirchertaigh, mic Muireadhoigh mic Eoghain, mic Nell
 
(d. 570)
TT570.0Fergusa maic Nelline [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
 
(d. 584)
TT579.2Feargus Scandal
TT585.4Feargus Scandal rí Muman
 
(d. 584)
TT584.5RFergusa espuic Droma Lethglaisi [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
 
(d. 618)
TT618.7Fergusa maic Colmain Moir, ríg Midi [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
 
[Vergosus] (d. ?)
II634.2Ronain m. Fergussa
 
(d. 654)
TT654.2Fergusa maic Domnaill [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
 
(d. 654)
TT654.2Fergusa maic Ragallaig [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
 
(d. 671)
UU671.2Fergus m. Crunnmail
 
(d. 688)
UU668.4Ferghus m. Muccedo
TT668.2Fergus mac Muicedha
CSCS668Fergus mac Muccedo
 
(d. 692)
UU692.3Ferghus m. Aedain, rex in Choicid
 
(d. 732)
UU732.14Fergus m. Conaill Oircnich
TT732.10Fergus mac Conaill Oirgnigh
 
(d. 738)
TT738.5Fergusa maic Cremthain [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
 
(d. ?)
UU741.10h-Oengus m. Forggusso
 
(d. 744)
UU744.10Fergussa m. Colmain Cutlaigh sapientis
TT744.10Fergusa, maic Colmain Cutlaigh, sapíentis [Note: name is in genitive case due to sentence structure.]
 
(d. ?)
UU736.2Talorggan m. Fergusso filium Ainfceallaich
UU750.4Talorggan mc. Forggussa, fraterOengussa
 
(d. ?)
UU750.9Con Dinaisc nepotis Forgguso
AM745.12Cu Dionaisc ua Ferghusa
 
(d. 751)
TT751.4Fergus mac Fogartaigh, rí Desceirt Breagh
 
(d. ?)
TT754.10Fergus Rod mac Cellaig, rí Connacht
 
(d. 756-757)
UU744.9Forggus m. Ceallaigh
UU756.2Forgus m. Ceallaigh ri Connacht
UU757.7Ferghus m. Conghaile
TT756.2Feargus mac Cellaig, rí Connacht
II756.1Fergus mc. Conaill l^ Cellaich, rí Connacht
 
(d. 776)
AM776.17Ferghus, mac Eachdach, tighearna Dal Riada
 
(d. 780)
UU780.9Fergus Maigi Dumai
 
(d. 817)
UU817.12RFergus Ratha Luraigh, abbas Finnglaissi
 
(d. 835)
UU835.8Ferghus m. Bodhbcadha, rex Cairge Brachaidhe
 
(d. 843)
UU843.6Ferghus m. Fothaigh, rex Connacht
 
(d. 866)
AM866.7Ferghus Ruis Ailithir, scribhnidh & angcoire
 
(d. 894)
UU894.3Fergus m. Mael Mithil, equonimus Cluana M. Nois
 
(d. 926)
UU926.4Fergus m. Duiligen, ri Luirg
 
(d. ?)
MCB3MCB1402.23Fearghus mac Tomais h. Fearghail
 
(d. 1420)
U3U1420.6Fergus (no, Gilla Fergusa) h-Ua Congalaigh ["Fergus (or Gilla-Fergusa) Ua Conghalaigh"]
 
(d. 1423)
Co1423.5Fergus mac Uathne h. Fergail
 
(d. ?)
DM1490.26Feargus mac Cathail mic Tomais
 
(d. 1505)
U3U1505.14Fergus Mor Mac Caba
EM1505.9Fergus Mor Mac Caba
 
[Fearghus mac Briain mhic Bhriain mhic Rudhraighe mhic Chathail Uí Fhearghail] (d. 1599)
FM1599.3Fergus, mac Briain, mic Briain, mic Rudhraighe, mic Cathail Uí Fhergail


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