This family came, possibly from Maguire's Bridge in county Fermanagh, to settle in county Mayo in the mid 18th century. They were located mainly in the Hollymount, Claremorris and Kilmaine areas but also just across the county Galway border at Headford and Clonbur. They were closely connected with the Ruttledge family.
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Desmond Norton writes that John Ferrall was the son of Terrance Ferrall and that John had a brother Richard who was the father of Daniel Henry Ferrall. D.H. Ferrall's sisters were Catherine who married E.J. Irwin (parents of Edward and Daniel Irwin), Louisa married Edmond Taaffe of Woodfield, Rose married Pat Nolan (parents of John Nolan Ferrall) and Mrs Conmee.
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A family transplanted from county Kilkenny to county Mayo in the 17th century. George Robert FitzGerald known as 'Fighting FitzGerald' is their most well known member.
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Arthur French was created Baron de Freyne of Artagh in the English Peerage on 16 May 1839 and Baron de Freyne of Coolavin in the Irish Peerage on 5 April 1851.
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An old Sussex family tracing back to the 15th century. A number of family members were clerics. Their main residence was Brickwall House, Sussex.
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A family who were living in the vicinity of the village of Shruel on the border of counties Galway and Mayo at the end of the 17th century, see gravestone inscriptions inside the ruin of Headford church (Church of Ireland). The Fynns were maternal ancestors of Sir William Wilde, father of Oscar Wilde.
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