Fergus Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Fergus Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Fergus

The ancient history of the name Fergus was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Variants Fergus, Ferris, Farris, Farrissa, Farrissy, Farrisy. In Irish this name is O Fearghusa and the previous variants are the anglicization of this. This sept was from County Mayo. A sept or clan was a collective term describing a group of persons whose immediate ancestors bore a common surname and inhabited the same territory. They were hereditary physicians to the O'Malleys and were located in the parish of Burrishoole in the year 1303. They were still considerable landowners in Burrishoole and Carra in the year 1635 and in the document that records them the name is spelt Farregish. The main variant Ferris is more numerous than Fergus and a branch of this sept is found in North East Ulster . The town Carrickfergus in county Antrim is named after Fergus mac Roigh the 'Red Branch' hero of the Tain and he is the ancestor of several Irish Septs.