Farrelly
The
Ó Faircheallaigh are an Irish family of
County Cavan, whose name is anglicised as
Farrelly. The
patronym means "descendant of Faircheallaigh", whose name means "super war". Faircheallaigh was the son of Ailill, a 7th-great-grandson of
Niall, King of Ireland. He was made the heir of
Saint Máedóc of Ferns in the 7th century and the Ó Faircheallaigh were the
Abbots of
Drumlane for 7 centuries, until David Ó Faircheallaigh became
Bishop of Kilmore.
Major Patrick Farrelly (m.
Elizabeth Mead) was the father of
David Farrelly, who was an author of the third
Pennsylvania Constitution (1836); and
General Terrence Farrelly was the first judge of
Arkansas County,
Speaker of the
General Assembly of Arkansas Territory, and an author of the first
Arkansas Constitution (1836); his son
John Farrelly (m.
Martha Clay) was a politician, and his grandson
John Patrick Farrelly was
Bishop of Cleveland. The name became
Farley, and
John Farley became
Cardinal Archbishop of New York.
Provided by Wikipedia
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