No Forbyes households in Griffith's.
| Foirbis | Forbes: líonmhar: Ulaidh & rl. Albanaigh ón log-ainm in Obar Dheathain. Shocraigh teaghlach díobh i Longfort i 1620 - féach Castle Forbes ann. Féach Mac Firbhisigh, leis. |
| Forbes | numerous: Belfast area, Tyrone, Ulster generally, Cork. A Scottish family who settled in Longford in 1620 - the name in Ulster is generally Scottish. It is also an anglicisation of Mac Firbhisigh (man of prosperity), a family of poets and historians attached to the Uí Fiachrach (Mayo-Sligo). They compiled the Book of Lecan in 1417. IF & SGG. |
| Mac Firbhisigh | Forbes: annamh: Connachta. I gCúige Uladh is mó atá na Forbes agus iad de bhunadh Albanach. Dream léannta le muintir Uí Dhubhda i Sligeach a b'ea na Firbhisigh. Dubhaltach Mac Firbhisigh (1585-1670), dhein sé an-chur síos ar ghinealaigh Chlanna Gael - deintear tagairt dó sa saothar seo - agus chuirfeadh a oidhe léanmhar na clocha ag gol - micracasm, dar ndó, de scéal na h-Éireann. |
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