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	Fergus Mór - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fergus Mór mac Eirc (Scottish Gaelic: Fergus Mòr Mac Earca) was a legendary king of Dál Riata.
		Fergus is also found in the king lists of Dál Riata, and later of Scotland, of which the Senchus Fer n-Alban and the Duan Albanach can be taken as examples.
		In addition, he writes that Fergus brought the Stone of Scone with him from Ireland, that he was succeeded by a son named Dúngal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fergus_I_of_Dalriada (798 words)

	Clan Fergusson Soiety of North America: CFSNA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		According to Mediaeval historians Fergus was the founder of the Scottish monarchy.
		It was the 1st Earl of Carrick's signature that might suggest the origins of the Fergusson surname, Duncan, son of Gilbert, the son of Fergus, hence MacFhearguis.
		Thus lending explaination as to why the Aberdeenshire, Atholl and Ayreshire clans are under the arms of the boars head and the Dumfries and Galloway Fergussons are found with the lion rampant arms.
	www.cfsna.org /cfsn2.htm (559 words)

	List of Kings of Dál Riata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is not until the middle of the 6th century that Irish annals plausibly report the deaths of kings of Dál Riata, with the death of Comgall mac Domangairt, c.
		The last attested kings of Dál Riata are Fergus mac Echdach, brother and successor to Áed Find, whose death is reported in the Annals of Ulster in 781.
		After Fergus the history of Dál Riata is very uncertain, althouhgh there is a report of the death in 792 of Donncoirce ("Dorm Corci, king of Dál Riata"), but of whom nothing more is known.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Kings_of_Dalriada (1451 words)

	Stem of the Irish Nation, Ir to Feargal
		Oiliol was far advanced in years when Fergus Mór sought shelter beneath his roof at Rath-Craughan, in Roscommon, and the Queen Maedhbh, being young, strayed from virtue's path, proved with child by Fergus, and was delivered of three male children at a birth.
		Fergus Mór was slain by an officer belonging to the court of Oiliol Mór, as he was bathing in a pond near the royal residence, and he was interred at Magh Aoi.
		Conmac: eldest son of Fergus Mór, by Maedhbh; whose portion of his mother's inheritance and what he acquired by his own prowess and valour, was called after his name: "Conmaicne" being equivalent to Posterity of Conmac.
	www.araltas.com /features/ir.html (1262 words)

	Mac Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Fergus and his brothers Angus and Loarn, all sons of Erc, came from the Dal Riata homeland of Fergus in Ulster, northern Ireland to the western headlands of Scotland and the territories of the native Picts, Irish Gaelic settlers, around 498.
		Fergus supposedly brought with him the Stone of Destiny, the stone on which all high kings had been ordained at Tara for centuries.
		Fergus Mor Mac as the son of Earca, the son of Murireadhach, the son of Eogan, the son of Nail of the Nine Hostages, all the way back to King David and Adam.
	www.packrat-pro.com /macn.htm (2186 words)

	Ancient Origins
		Under the rulership of Fergus Mor Mac Erc, they consecrated a new branch of the Dal Riata kingdom in the western isles of Scotland, absorbing the stone fortress of Dunadd as their home point.
		This remained the case until Fergus mor Mac Erc, King of Dal Riata, arrived with more of his people bringing the kingship with him and in doing so, shifting the emphasis of Dal Riata from Eire (Ireland) to Innse Gall (western Isles) and Alba (Scotland).
		Fergus had two son’s Domangart and the younger son Godfruich (or Godfrey) Mac Fergus who was known as Toshach or Ruler of the Isles and ancestor of the line from which Clan MacDougall sprang.
	members.tripod.com /leomcdowell/id22.htm (1456 words)

	Clan Fergusson. A history of Clan Fergusson, complete with motto, tartan, clan crest,
		The Fergussons of Argyllshire and Ayrshire, for example, claim descent from two different royal families.The Argyllshire Fergussons trace their origins to Fergus Mor mac Erc, a king of the Scots of Dalriada, their connection has been immortalised on their family shield in the form of a boar's head.
		The Ayrshire Fergussons trace their line back to Fergus, Prince of Galloway who lived during the reign of David I. We can appreciate that such a descriptive term would have been applied to someone at some time in almost every village.
		The Fergussons of Argyllshire claim to be the descendants of Fergus Mór mac Erc, a Scots king from the times of Dalriada, and represent the connection with the boars head on their shield.
	www.angelfire.com /d20/sbrentfergusson/history.html (1115 words)

	Dunadd
		High atop a hill, overlooking the lush fields and water is the place, according to tradition, where the first Kings of Scotland were coronated.
		About AD500, Fergus Mor, son of Erc, place his foot in the stone and faced north toward Cruachan.
		Fergus was the first king, and along with his (supposed) brothers Lorne in Lorn and Angus from Juray and Islay, were the first leaders of Scotland.
	macinnes.org /dunadd.html (353 words)

	Branches and Leaves: Fergus Mor MacErca \| ACO GENEALOGY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Fergus Mor was the son of Erc, King of Dál Riata.
		"Fergus was the first Scottish based King of Dalriada, a country split by the sea, with a base in Ireland (the area of now County Antrim, Ireland) and territory also in the western portions of what is now Scotland." (BW, February 2000)
		The slaying of Suibne son of Colmán Mór son of Diarmait Derg son of Fergus Cerrbél son of Conall of Cremthann son of Niall Naígiallach by Aed Sláine in Brí Dam in the Suaine, a stream.
	www.ancuairt.org /genealogy/fergus.htm (7647 words)

	O'Loughlin of Clare
		The O Lochlainns of Co. Clare were originally styled "Lords of Cormomroe," a district in that country named after the clan name of the O'Loughlins and the O'Connors of Corca Modhruaidh (descendants of Fergus mac Roich, grandson of Ruadri Mor, founder of Clanna Rory in Ulster).
		Ruaidri (Rory) Mor, the 86th Monarch of Ireland, and the 10th or 11th King of Ulster; from the first building of the city of Eamhain, reigned 70 years, and died very old, A.M. From him his posterity are called Clanna Rory, i.e., the sons or sept of Ruaidri.
		Fergus Mor, his son, but commonly called Fergus mac Roich, from Roich, his mother of the sept of Ith, the first discoverer of Ireland.
	members.aol.com /lochlan/clare.htm (1426 words)

	History of Kintyre
		In AD503, the Dal Riata returned in force under the conduct of the three sons of Erc; Lorn, Angus and Fergus, who became the founders of the second kingdom of the Scots or as they were referred to, the Dal Riata.
		Fergus mor mac Erc has stood ever since at the beginning of the lists of Kings of Scots.
		Fergus died in AD506, and when he died the kingship was passed on to his son Domangart.
	website.lineone.net /~john.mcsporran/historyofkintyre.html (2142 words)

	Clan Fergusson
		The origin of the name Fergusson or Ferguson, "son of Fergus" (MacFhearguis in Gaelic), is shrouded by the mists of time.
		Medieval historians recorded a tradition that the founder of Scotland's monarchy was a Fergus who lived in Ireland about 300 B.C. Historical research dating from the 13th century confirms that by 500 A.D. the Scots under King Fergus Mor had left Northern Ireland and became established in Dalriada, now Argyll.
		From Fergus Mor, with a few early exceptions, descend all subsequent kings and queens of the Scots, including the present Queen of Great Britain.
	www.runet.edu /~festival/pages/fergusson.html (563 words)

	ScottishDalRiada
		The statement at the beginning of the Senchus that: "Others say that this Erc had another son who was called Muredoch." would explain how the Stone of Destiny came to be in the possession of the Dal Riata and eventually taken to Scottish Dalriada by Kennth Mac Alpin.
		The legends state that Fergus Mor Mac Eirc received the Stone of Destiny from his brother Muiredach, High King of Eire.
		The domain of the kingdom of Dal Riada in Alba, or Scotland, was established by three sons of Eirc, Fergus Mor, Loarn and Aengus at present-day Dunadd, near the mouth of the River Add where it empties into Crinan Loch in Argyll.
	www.motherbedford.com /ScottishDalRiada.htm (2615 words)

	Pollock Ancestry - Clan Donald
		Fourth in descent from Colla Uais was Fergus Mor, son of Erc (died about 500), who had two sons, Domnagart, ancestor of Kenneth MacAlpine and Godfrey (or Toshach of the Isles) ancestor of the Clan Donald.
		According to The Scots Peerage, Fergus of Galloway is believed to have married Elizabeth, the youngest natural daughter of Henry I of England.
		Fergus had three children Uchtred, Gilbert and Affrica, but only Uchtred is apparently ever referred to as a relative or cousin of Henry II of England.
	pollock.4mg.com /Macrory.htm (548 words)

	ScotKings02
		Fergus Mor, son of Erc, another name for Mac Nisse Mor, had one son i.
		Fergus Bec, moreover, son of Erc; his brother killed him.
		Conchriath son of Bolc, son of Setna, son of Fergus Bec, son of Erc, son of Eochaid Munremar.
	www.motherbedford.com /ScotKings02.htm (879 words)

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		Fergus "Mor" Mac Erc built a fortress at Dunadd, which came to be capital city of Dalriada.
		It is unclear if the three brothers, Fergus Mor, Loarn, and Oengus, carved out these territories in their own lifetimes, or whether this happened in subsequent generations.
		Ferchar II "Fota", son of Ferdoc [Feradach], son of Fergus, son of Nectan, son of Colman, son of Baetan, son of Eochu [Eochaid], son of Murdoc [Muredach], son of Loarn, bro of Fergus "Mor" Mac Erc;
	www.angelfire.com /ego/et_deo/scottishkings.wps.htm (6665 words)

	The Milesian Legends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Whether out of horror of the mother's inhumanity in poisoning her brother, or otherwise is not known, were all laid aside and the youngest son of Eochaidh by his second wife, Carinna, daughter to the King of Britain, succeeded to the Monarchy before them.
		Eoghan or Owen,one of the sons of the said Nial Mor, from whom the territory of Inis-Eoghan in Ulster was called, had eleven brothers, viz, Laoguire, the 128th Monarch of Ireland; in the 4th year of whose reign St.Patrick came into Ireland the second time to plant the Christian faith, A.D.432.
		Earca, the mother of Muirchertach, was the daughter of Loarn, brother of this Fergus Mor, son of Erc, King of the Dal Riada in Ireland.
	www.infotran.com /earlyirish.html (4005 words)

	Saint Patrick's Home
		Saint Patrick's ministry founded an Abbey and Church here in the 5th century, the land on which it stood was said to have been given to him by Fergus Mor MacEarca, son of Eric of Armoy, after Patrick had intervened in a dispute on inheritance between himself and his brothers.
		In 490AD, Fergus moved the throne of Dalriada from Ireland to Scotland and in doing so became the first Scots King to reign over Dalriada from Scotland.
		Fergus later drowned while returning from Scotland, the location of his death is today known as Carrickfergus (Rock of Fergus).
	www.northantrim.com /SaintPatricksArmoy.htm (264 words)

	magoo.com: Scots Kings—Including Kings of Dal Riada who Reigned from Ireland by Hugh McGough
		"It has been stated that the kingship of Dal Riata was moved to Scotland with Fergus mac Earca and his descendants, and that later in the 6th century the lords of the Dal Riata in Ireland were also allied with their southern neighbors, the Dal Fiatach." Ancient Uladh—Kingdom of Ulster—Uladh, from Ireland's History in Maps.
		Son of Fergus Mor #1, son of Erc (or son of Mac Misi Mor, son of Fergus?) Born in Scotland.
		Keating says that, before Fergus (#18 in the table below, #1 in the table above) moved the seat of the kingship of the Dal Riada to Scotland, the leader in Scotland was a taoiseach rather than a king.
	www.magoo.com /hugh/scotskings.html (9388 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Fergusson : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Azure, a buckle Argent between three boars’ heads couped Or The sons of Fergus have spread across Scotland, from Ross-shire in the north to Dumfriesshire in the south-west.
		The Earls of Carrick descended from this Fergus.
		He may have been descended from John, son of Fergus, one of the witnesses to a charter of Edward Bruce signed at Turnberry shortly after the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Fergusson_36/default.php (841 words)

	Architecture of Carrickfergus, Antrim - Buildings of Ireland [Archeire, Irish Architecture Online]
		In the 6th century Fergus the son of Eric of Armoy left Ulster to found a kingdom in Scotland, but on his return was drowned on the rock.
		Reputedly buried at Monkstown, Fergus Mor was to be forever associated with the town.
		Carraig Fhearghus, the Rock of Fergus was thus born and variously the place was called, Carriag na Ferg, Krag, Carriag, Knock and Krag Fergus.
	www.irish-architecture.com /buildings_ireland/antrim/carrickfergus (119 words)

	The High Kings of Ireland
		This murder was committed in Tara when Conn chanced to be alone and unattended by his guards; the assassins were fifty ruffians, disguised as women, whom the King of Ulster employed for the purpose.
		This Conaire married Saraid, daughter of Conn (110) and had three sons, Cairbre Musc, from whom the Muscraighe are called; Cairbre Baschaein, from whom are the Baiscnigh, in Corca Baiscinn; and Cairbre Riadal, from whom are the Dal Riada.
		During his reign, Fergus Mor MacEarca moved the throne of the Dal Riada to Scotland.
	www.heraldry.ws /info/article12.html (5884 words)

	Clan Info
		In c.500, three brothers - Fergus Mor, Loarn, and Oengus, expanded the north Irish kingdom of Dalriada to southwestern Alba.
		Fergus Mor, Loarn (Laurin) and Oengus (Angus), sons(?) of the deceased King Erc of Dalriada (in Dunseverick, Antrim) colonize Alba and establish an outpost kingdom.
		Fergus occupies Kintyre/Knapdale/Bute with Loarn settling Colonsay and lands around present-day Oban (at Dunollie).
	macinnes.org /info.html (2844 words)

	Fergus Mor - For sale by Alpaca Country Paddocks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		With out a doubt, Fergus is a replica of his well reknowned father "Peruvian Chocolateer" who struts his very top qualities in the showring, returning home with blue ribbons to add to his collection!
		Peruvian Chocolateer has not only proven his top of the line traits in the ring, but also in his offspring, that have followed closely in his footsteps.
		Fergus is easily handled, does well in the show ring for the few shows he's been to....one of the previous shearers stated that he had one of the softest fleeces she's handled for a dark brown.
	www.alpacanation.com /alpacasforsale/03_viewalpaca.asp?name=13292 (427 words)

	Columba of Kells and Iona
		He did this because he greatly revered Ith Cian; from whose name Cian aneas Mor, or Kells as it is known today, takes its name; and he wanted to be near to his grave, so he could try to communicate with him; absorb his energy and seek knowledge from him.
		In around 500 A.D. Fergus Mor Mac Earc, Muircheartach's brother and therefore also an uncle of Columba, invaded and settled Western Scotland which was previously occupied by the Picts.
		Fergus wanted to be crowned, king of the (Scots) Irish who had migrated to Scotland, on The Lia Fail Stone and Muircheartach loaned the Stone to him, for that occasion.
	jahtruth.net /lecture.htm (5277 words)

	Part 1 of Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála
		Ro gab tra in ben for tinchosc a meicc & a aite & a muntire.i.
		Ba dímicin mór leo Fergus dia tabairt hi tindscra.
		Mor n-orddain dano & ániusa & alluda & aurdarcais.
	www.ucc.ie /celt/published/G800011B/text001.html (1170 words)

	Bradley coat of arms
		He took a royal hostage from each of the nine kingdoms he subjugated, hence his famous nickname.
		Niall had twelve sons, eight of whom founded septs: - Eoghan (from whom the Bradleys descend), Laeghaire (or Leary), Conall Crimthann, Conall Gulban, Fiacha, Main, Cairbre and Fergus.
		Fergus (a quo "Cineal Fergusa" or Ferguson), ancestor of O'Hagan, etc.; IX.
	www.araltas.com /features/bradley/index.html (1980 words)

	Fergus Mor Mac Earca King of Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Fergus Mor Mac Earca King of Scotland, 48G Grandfather, 1311
		Fergus Mor Mac Earca, the 131st Monarch, who in A.D. 498, with five of his brothers, went into Scotland with a complete army to assist his grandfather Loarn, King of Dalraida, in overcoming his enemies, the Picts.
		Fergus perhaps came to Scotland only shortly before his death.
	home.cfl.rr.com /srsandifer/MacDonal/PS03/PS03_311.HTM (144 words)

	Northern Chronicle
		Angus son of Fergus, King of Picts, invaded Dalriada and captured Dunadd.
		Dalriada was overthrown by Angus son of Fergus.
		Battle of Ocha/Catoic between the Picts and the Britons, where Talorcan son of Fergus brother of King Angus was slain.
	members.aol.com /michellezi/timelines/northern.html (2902 words)

	The Lineal Descent of the Royal Family of England
		Beatrice, the elder daughter, got married to Crinan, [2] lord of the Isles, and by him had a son named Duncan, the father of Malcolm the Third; while Doda, the younger daughter, got married to Synel, lord of Glammis, and by him had a son named MacBeatha or MacBeth (d.
		According to the Scottish chroniclers, it was A.D. 424, that Fergus Mor Mac Earca went from Ireland to Scotland.
		Fergus Mor Mac Earca, the brother of Murchertach (or Murtogh Mor Mac Earca, the 131st Monarch of Ireland:[4] son of
	www.libraryireland.com /Pedigrees1/RoyalFamilyEngland.php (1013 words)

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