Gofraid mac Fergusa is an alleged ninth-century figure attested by the Annals of the Four Masters and various pedigrees concerning the ancestors of Clann Somhairle and Clann Domhnaill. If the pedigrees are to be believed, he was a son of Fergus mac Eirc, and a descendant of Colla Uais.
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![Excerpt from folio 25v of National Library of Ireland G 2 (the Ó Cianáin Miscellany), the earliest source to note Gofraid mac Fergusa.[2][[#N1|Nicholls (2007)]] p. 97. Alasdair Óg was a great-great grandson of Somairle mac Gilla Brigte."},"2":{"wt":"group=note"}},"i":0}}]}">[note 1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Clann_Domhnaill_pedigree_%28National_Library_of_Ireland_MS_G_2%2C_folio_25v%29.jpg)
Excerpt from folio 25v of National Library of Ireland G 2 (the Ó Cianáin Miscellany), the earliest source to note Gofraid mac Fergusa.[2][[#N1|Nicholls (2007)]] p. 97. Alasdair Óg was a great-great grandson of Somairle mac Gilla Brigte."},"2":{"wt":"group=note"}},"i":0}}]}">[note 1]![The name of Somairle mac Gilla Brigte as it appears on folio 447v of Dublin Royal Irish Academy C iii 3.[11] The annal-entry misdates Somairle's death by eighty-one years.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Somairle_mac_Gilla_Brigte_%28Royal_Irish_Academy_MS_C_iii_3%2C_folio_447v%29.jpg)
The name of Somairle mac Gilla Brigte as it appears on folio 447v of Dublin Royal Irish Academy C iii 3.[11] The annal-entry misdates Somairle's death by eighty-one years.![The name of Gofraid Crobán as it appears on folio 50v of British Library Cotton Julius A VII (the Chronicle of Mann): "Godredus Crouan".[32]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Gofraid_Crob%C3%A1n_%28British_Library_Cotton_MS_Julius_A_VII%2C_folio_50v%29.jpg/500px-Gofraid_Crob%C3%A1n_%28British_Library_Cotton_MS_Julius_A_VII%2C_folio_50v%29.jpg)
The name of Gofraid Crobán as it appears on folio 50v of British Library Cotton Julius A VII (the Chronicle of Mann): "Godredus Crouan".[32]About this person
Gofraid mac Fergusa is an alleged ninth-century figure attested by the Annals of the Four Masters and various pedigrees concerning the ancestors of Clann Somhairle and Clann Domhnaill. If the pedigrees are to be believed, he was a son of Fergus mac Eirc, and a descendant of Colla Uais. Likewise, the two annal-entries that note Gofraid mac Fergusa claim that he was an Airgíallan ruler, who aided Cináed mac Ailpín in 835, and died sixteen years later as a ruler of the Isles. Gofraid mac Fergusa's place in the aforesaid pedigrees is chronologically impossible. The events associated with him by the annals are not supported by any contemporary or near contemporary source. In fact, the two annal-entries that recount these alleged events are fabricated additions inserted into the chronicle at some point before the mid seventeenth century.
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