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Ferchar Fota (
Ferchar the Tall) (died c. 697) was
probably king of the Cenél
Loairn of Dál Riata, and
perhaps of all Dál Riata. His
father is
named as...
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Ferchar mac
Connaid was king of Dál
Riata (in
modern Scotland) from
about 642
until 650. He was a son of
Connad Cerr and thus
probably a
member of the...
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Fearchar of Ross or
Ferchar mac in
tSagairt (Fearchar mac an t-sagairt,
often anglicized as
Farquhar MacTaggart), was the
first of the
Scottish Ó Beólláin...
- fer n-Alban: "These are the sons of Conaing, son of Áedán .i. Rigallán,
Ferchar, Artán, Artúr, Dondchad, Domungart, Nechtan, Ném, Crumíne. However, the...
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include Máel Dúin mac
Conaill and
Domnall Donn of the Cenél nGabráin and
Ferchar Fota of the Cenél
Loairn is ****igned a long
reign of 21
years by the Duan...
- thus a
member of the Cenél nGabráin. The Duan
Albanach has him
succeed Ferchar mac
Connaid of the Cenél Comgaill,
which had not yet
separated from the...
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rather than only of the Cenél nGabráin of Kintyre, he was
followed by
Ferchar Fota of the Cenél Loairn. The next king of the Cenél nGabráin
known is...
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place the
death of
Connad before the
death of
Eochaid Buide. Connad's son
Ferchar was
later king. An
entry in the Book of
Ballymote ****ociates Connad's descendants...
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subject to
Ecgfrith of Northumbria, or
whether they were
dominated by
Ferchar Fota of the Cenél Loairn,
cannot be said with certainty. The next king...
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faced a
rebellion by six earls, led by
Ferchar,
Mormaer of Strathearn, who
besieged the king.
Given that Earl
Ferchar heads the list of
those named, it is...
