Lafferty

Lafferty (Irish: Ó Laithbheartaigh)[1] is a sept of Irish Gaels in County Donegal and County Tyrone, belonging to the Cenél nEógain of the Northern Uí Néill. They are a branch of the O'Neill family and are named after one of the earlier Kings of Ailech called Flaithbertach mac Muirchertaig meic Néil. They are not to be confused with the O'Flaherty family of Connacht. Other anglicised versions of the name are O'Laverty, O'Lafferty and Laverty.[1]

List of people

Notable bearers of the name include:

See also

References

<div class="reflist columns references-column-width" style="-moz-column-width: [1]; -webkit-column-width: [1]; column-width: [1]; list-style-type: decimal;">

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bell, Robert (2003). The Book of Ulster Surnames. The Blackstaff Press. p. 116. ISBN 9-780856-406027.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, December 31, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.