Servreagh O'Folan
Servreagh O'Folan, Irish Brehon, fl. 1585.
O'Folan was a member of a minor bardic family resident in Conmhaícne Mara in the 16th century. They served as lawyers to members of the Ó Flaithbheartaigh's and other families in the region, but were also a land-owning and merchant family connected with The Tribes of Galway.
Servreagh O'Folan is listed as a Gentleman on a number of fiant in the 1580s.
The Composition of Connacht of 1585 listed him as a landowner in Moyrus in the Barony of Ballynahinch, County Galway. He appears to have been a relative of Nehemias Follane of the Newtone, Gentleman, also a landowner. In a document titled "Carta Dermot Ó hAllmhuráin|Dermicci O'Halloran, A.D. 1594", written in Latin, he is described as "in Christo Nehemian Ffolan, generosum, meum attornatum".
Other bearers of the name
Other O'Folan's from County Galway included:
- Sorrell Folone was active during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, and was mentioned as one of the group of men led by Colonel Edmond O'Flaherty at the siege of Tromroe Castle in County Clare.
- Ferdindo Follin of Moyrus, Carna, County Galway, listed in 1656 as owner of parcels of lands consisting of 3,678 acres (14.88 km2), and 193 acres (0.78 km2). His lands were confiscated for rebellious activities and distributed to Sir Thomas Meredith and Richard Martin of Ballynahinch.
- Patrick Folan (Galway), killed at the Battle of Inkermann 5 November 1854, during the Crimean War[5].
- Cormac Folan of Barna represented Ireland in Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's coxless four, at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Tony Folan was an Irish footballer during the 1990s and 2000s. He represented Ireland at every level up to Under-21 and "B".
See also
References
- A History of West or H-Iar Connacht Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh, Irish Archeological Society, Dublin, 1846
- Books of survey and distribution Vol. III. County of Galway, 1680
- Irish Families, Edward Mac Lysaght, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1985
- The Tribes of Galway, Adrian James Martyn, Galway, 2001.
- http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=