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Subject: Re: The Name "Ferry" in Co. Donegal
Date: 8 Nov 97 12:19:54 EST

In article <>, (GFS Linda) writes:
> , your mail was returned. In re your request for info on the
> surname Ferry,
> Bell's Book of Irish Surnames says re Ferry:
> Ferry, also spelt Fairy, is found almost eclusively in Co. Donegal, and is an
> anglicisation of the old Cenel Conail sept name, O Fearadhaigh. This probably
> derives from the personal name Fearadhach, meaning "manly". The name is also
> well known in Co. Sligo and other parts of Connacht. The O'Ferrys were
> followers of the MacSweeneys. The name has occasionally been confused with
> Ferris.
> :D
> L
> GFS Linda, Co-leader Scot and Irish SIG, AOL Genealogy Forum. "If all the
> world were genealogists, there would be no wars! No one would take a chance
> on the records being burned!"

is there any connection here to the name Farry?
just curious...

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