I 2:~ SOME ANGLlClSED SUHNAM:ES IN IRELAND. Fisher.-This name is the anglicised form of the Irish sept name O'Bradain, in :Munster, also angliciscd Salmon, and the anglicised form of Mac An Ioscaire-Son of the :fishera McDonald sept. Flarity.-This is the Americanised form of 0 'Flaherty (0 'Flaithbheartaigh). Foaley, Foley.-In the districts of Boyle and adjoining parts in North Connacht, and in Co. Cavan, the names Sharry and McSharry have been anglicised Foaley and Foley. These names solely are connected with those of North Connacht and Co. Cavan origin and birth, and the latter name, Foley, has no connection with the Munster sept of 0 'Foley (0 'Fodhladha). Fergus, Ferguson.-These two names are the anglirised forms of MacFearghusa; the first, Fergus, were Erenachs of Rossinoir, Co. Leitrim, some in later times assuming the name of Ferguson. The second name, Ferguson, represents a powerful clan in Scotland at one period, and were in early times solely located in Perthshire, till the time of Robert Bruce, when the clan, giving strong support to that Scottish King got distributed over several districts in the North and West, one powerful branch settling in Galloway, from whom sprang many of the Scottish settlers of the name in Ulster. The clan claims descent from Fergus l\fac Ere of the line of Conn of the Hundred Battles. The name is anglicised in about sixteen forms, amongst which arc the following:- Fergie, Forgie, M' Kersie, M' Karsie, Ferguson, and Furgusson. The clan claims descent, as I said before, from Fergus Mac Ere, son of Eochaidh, brother of Muircheartaigh, king of Irel:rncl Fergus Mac Ere, with his two brothers Lorn, and Angus, conquered Argyle in 503 A.D.; and occupied the country from Dunaverty in Kentyre, to the Crenan Canal, and the Cowal district between Loch Fync and Loch Long. Amongst the clans of l\Iar ancl Athole they are found in the clan Roll of 1587. The clan had branches at Athole, Dunfallandy, Strathardle, and Balquiddar in Perthshire, and at Pitfour and Kin· mnnday in AberdPcnshire, likewise at Craigdorach in Galloway. The Welsh of the name Fergus is Gurgust. We find .the name written Hargusson in Co. Meath, and Vargus in Co. Wexford. which I think is of Welsh origin. Falkner, Faulkney.-These two names are the anglicised forms of Faughnan (0 'Fachtain) in South Connacht. Freeman.-This name is the nnglicised form of Mcintyre (Mac An t-Saoir) in Co. Cavan. See Carpenter and Wright.
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