Whelan
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title:
Whelan
text:
The family name Whelan is an anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Faoláin. The surname originates from the Middle Irish Úa Faeláin the name of the 10th to 11th century ruling dynasty of the Déisi, a population group inhabiting the area of the modern county of Waterford and County Kilkenny in the early medieval period. The word faolán is derived from the Old Irish word faelán meaning a young (small) wolf; -án being of the diminutive suffix in Irish. Ó derives from the Old Irish úa, meaning "grand
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Surname list
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whelan
date created:
2006-08-08T18:12:30Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T01:22:32Z
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