Fathadh mac Aonghus
Fathadh mac Aonghus (fl. 10th–11th centuries)[1] was an Irish nobleman.
He is the purported ancestor to the Ó Fathaigh/Fahy family of Uí Maine. The first person known bear the surname would appear to be one Cormac mac Maonach (Cormac Ó Fathaigh) who is listed as his great-grandson of the eight generation. However, if it is correct, Fathadh's grandson, Aonghus, or his great-grandson, Flann, would have been its first users. But Fathadh is given as a son of Aonghus mac Lomán, who lived sometime in the sixth, or even fifth, century, hundreds of years before the introduction of surnames in Ireland.
Notable descendants
- Tadhg an tSleibhe Ó Fathaigh, Chief of the Name, fl. 1620
- Anthony Dominic Fahy, Dominican Priest, missionary in Argentina, 1805–1871
- Jerome A. Fahey, Irish priest and writer, 1843–1919
- Pádraig Ó Fathaigh, Intelligence Officer, Irish Republican Army, 1879–1976
- Jim Fahy, RTÉ News Western Correspondent
- Frank Fahey Teachta Dála (TD) for Galway West
Notes
- ↑ Fathadh's floruit is uncertain. He is not recorded in the annals, and the genealogies simply refer to him by name, his father been given as Aonghus mac Lomán.
References
- The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, John O'Donovan, 1843
- The Parish of Ballinasloe, Fr. Jerome A. Fahey
- The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, Dublin, 1978
- Irish Kings and High Kings, Francis John Byrne, 2001 (second edition)
- The Fahys - Clanricarde's Opponents by Jim Fahy, in Clanricarde Country, Woodford Heritage Group, 1987
- The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, 328.1, pp. 60–61, volume one, Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh; edited, with translation and indices by Nollaig Ó Muraíle, 2003–2004, ISBN 0 946130 36 1
- Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Revised edition of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
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