Eugenius Ó Faoláin

Eugenius Ó Faoláin, Bishop of Kilmacduagh, 1409-1418.

Appointed 23 September 1409 (papal bulls expediated 25 May 1410), he was translated to Killaloe on 6 July 1418.

His surname is anglacised as Whelan and Phelan. Though mainly found in Leinster and Munster, it is also native to Connacht.

References

• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/
• http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=

• The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, 1978.
• A New History of Ireland: Volume IX - Maps, Genealogies, Lists, ed. T.W. Moody, F.X. Martin, F.J. Byrne, pp. 322–324.