Fogarty

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Fogarty is a surname of Irish origin. The name Fogarty in Ireland is derived from the native Irish Ó Fogartaigh sept who ruled Éile Uí Fhogartaigh, now located in County Tipperary where the name is still common. The barony of Eliogarty that still exists was named after Éile Uí Fhogartaigh. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Fogartys were one of the chiefly families of the Dal gCais or Dalcassians who were a tribe of the Erainn who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland between about 500 and 100 BC. This name, with variant spellings (O) Fogerty, Foggarty, Fogaty, Gogarty and Go(g)erty, is an Anglicised form of the old Irish "Ó Fogartaigh". The Irish prefix "Ó" indicates "male descendant of", plus the personal byname "Fogartach" meaning "banished" or "exiled". The Fogartys are of the ancient population group, Dál gCais, otherwise known as the Dalcassians, who inhabited County Clare with adjacent parts of counties Limerick and Tipperary. Eliogarty, the name of a barony in Co. Tipperary, locates the sept and indicates their importance. The majority of present-day namebearers are found in County Tipperary, and Malachy O' Fogarty, of the University of Paris, who flourished in 1700, was born at Castle Fogarty in that county. Another notable namebearer was Archbishop Fogarty (1858–1955), who for fifty-one years was Bishop of Killaloe.…

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1. date of birth: 1958 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1955 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of birth: 1965 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. date of birth: 1978 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of birth is "1958". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of birth is "1955". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of birth is "1965". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the date of birth is "1978". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361408827