Ó Fearchair

Rev Patrick Woulfe
1923

Ó FEARCHAIR—IO Farragher, Farragher, Faragher, Farraher, Faraher, Fraher; 'descendant of Fearchar' (very dear); a Connacht surname. In Munster, where there are a few of the name, it is metathesised to Ó Freachair, anglicised Fraher; while the aspiration of the initial f gives rise to the further variants Ó hEarchair and Ó Reachair, which see.

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