Phelan (surname)

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Phelan is an Irish surname, one of the two most common anglicisations (the other being Whelan) of the Irish surname Ó Faoláin (which comes from the Irish for "wolf").[1] The name is commonly seen in the south-east of Ireland, particularly counties Waterford and Kilkenny.

The usual pronunciation is "Fee-lan", but in some parts of Kilkenny there is also use of "Fay-lan" or even "Way-lan". This is understandable, since the name comes from the same origin as Whelan, and the Irish form itself is pronounced "Fay-lawn".

List of persons with the surname

  • Ann Phelan, Irish Labour Party politician
  • Anne Phelan (born 1944), Australian actress
  • Art Phelan (1887 - 1964), American baseball player
  • Chris Phelan, Australian rugby league footballer
  • Edward Phelan (1811–1850), American settler
  • Edward J. Phelan (1888–1967), Director-General of the United Nations International Labor Office
  • Gerard Phelan (contemporary), former college football player at Boston College
  • Jacquie Phelan (contemporary), American mountain biker
  • James Phelan, Sr. (1821–1873), American politician; senator in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War
  • James Phelan, Jr. (1856–1891), American politician; U.S. Senator from Tennessee
  • James Clancy Phelan (born 1979), Australian author
  • James Phelan (1892–1974), American college football coach
  • James D. Phelan (1861–1930), American politician and banker; mayor of San Francisco and U.S. Senator from California
  • Jim Phelan (born 1929), American college basketball coach
  • John J. Phelan (1851–after 1900), American politician; Secretary of the State of Connecticut 1893–1895
  • John Paul Phelan (born 1978), member of the 22nd Seanad Éireann for Fine Gael
  • Kieran Phelan (born 1949), Irish politician and member of the Seanad Éireann for Fianna Fáil
  • L.A.M. Phelan, (fl. 1910–1955), American businessman and inventor, founded Broaster company
  • Michael L. Phelan (born 1947), Canadian judge of the Federal Court of Canada
  • Mike Phelan (born 1962), English footballer
  • Nancy Phelan (born 1913), Australian writer
  • Paddy Phelan (1910–1971), Irish hurler
  • Patricia Phelan (contemporary), Zen priestess
  • Patrick Phelan (1795–1857), Irish-Canadian priest
  • Patrick Phelan (born 1970), video game audio composer, manager, and producer
  • Patrick Phelan (born 1985), American professional soccer player
  • Ryan Phelan (born 1975), Australian television presenter
  • Richard Phelan (1825–1904), Roman Catholic bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • Santiago Phelan (born 1974), Argentine rugby union player and coach
  • Scott Phelan (born 1988), English football player
  • Terry Phelan (born 1967), Irish professional football player

Fictional characters

  • Andrea Phelan, correctional officer on the HBO television show Oz
  • Daniel Phelan, judge on the HBO television show The Wire
  • Francis Phelan, character in many of William Kennedy’s Albany novels
  • Phelan, leader of the black market in a Season 2 episode of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica
  • Sally Phelan, a minor character from the Doctor Who episode The Age of Steel
  • Sam Phelan, crooked cop from the first season of the television series Smallville

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.irishidentity.com/lists/p.htm
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