‘The Manor of Donaghmayn and the lordship of Fernewey (Ferny), which had been part of the estate of Boger Pipard, were granted by Edward III. to Roger Gernon, of Gernonstown, who had likewise other grants made to him for his services in the battle of Dundalk, against Edward Bruce.’ — Rot. Pat. 13 Ed. II. 91, 92, and Pat. ii. Hen. v. 22. ‘In 1573, the whole Barony of Donemaine, otherwise called the Ferly (Ferny), and Clankavel were granted by Queen Elizabeth to Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, father of Earl Robert,’ from whom the present proprietor is descended. Davies' Letter to Earl of Salisbury. For some time previous to the grant to Essex these lands were probably in the possession of the M'Mahons of Monaghan, to one of whom the lands of Fernewy had been leased for life, at the rent of 10£ a year, in the 3rd of Hen. IV. ‘When the moyety of the Signiories of Clandeboy, Ferny, &c., were granted to Essex, it was agreed that for the first two years the Queen and the Earl should each keep 200 horse and 400 foot, and that every horseman volunteer who should serve gratis for two years, should have 400 acres of land, and a footsoldier 200 acres, ad 2d. an acre, quit rent.’ Cox Hib. Ang., vol. i. p. 339.