page_title: Fearchar, Earl of Ross
hierarchical_section_title: Fearchar, Earl of Ross
caption_attribution_description: 19th century sketch of the gravestone of Ferchar mac in t-Sagart, Earl of Ross
context_page_description: Fearchar of Ross or Ferchar mac in tSagairt, was the first of the Scottish Ó Beólláin family who received by Royal Grant the lands and Title of Mormaer or Earl of Ross we know of from the thirteenth century, whose career brought Ross into the fold of the Scottish kings for the first time, and who is remembered as the founder of the Earldom of Ross.
context_section_description: Fearchar of Ross or Ferchar mac in tSagairt (Fearchar mac an t-sagairt, often anglicized as Farquhar MacTaggart), was the first of the Scottish Ó Beólláin (O’Beolan, Beolan) family who received by Royal Grant the lands and Title of Mormaer or Earl of Ross (1223–1251) we know of from the thirteenth century, whose career brought Ross into the fold of the Scottish kings for the first time, and who is remembered as the founder of the Earldom of Ross.
caption: Hutton's sketch of Ferchar's tomb, Fearn Abbey, 1819.
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