Mac Gafraidh Explained

Mac Gafraidh was the surname of a Gaelic-Irish Brehon family.

Overview

The Mac Gafraidh family were ollamhs to the Maguire of Fermanagh. The surname is now generally rendered as Caffrey.

Annalistic references

• M1478.12 Macrifferty, i.e. Ciothruadh, Ollav to Maguire in poetry ... died.

External links

• http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
• http://www.failteromhat.com/lo1876/fermanagh_i.htm