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There was a well known [[Brehon]] family called O'Folan in County Galway in the sixteenth century.<ref name="ReferenceA">"Irish Families" [[Edward Mac Lysaght]], Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1985</ref> |
There was a well known [[Brehon]] family called O'Folan in County Galway in the sixteenth century.<ref name="ReferenceA">"Irish Families" [[Edward Mac Lysaght]], Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1985</ref> |
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<br />[[Servreagh O'Folan]], Gentleman, was a signature to an official [[fiant]] in 1585, called "''Indentures of Composition, The Country of the [[O'Flaherty]]'s of Eyre Connacht'','' A.D. 1585''", which listed him as a landowner in Moyrus in the Barony of [[Ballynahinch, County Galway]]. |
<br />[[Servreagh O'Folan]], Gentleman, was a signature to an official [[fiant]] in 1585, called "''Indentures of Composition, The Country of the [[O'Flaherty]]'s of Eyre Connacht'','' A.D. 1585''", which listed him as a landowner in Moyrus in the Barony of [[Ballynahinch, County Galway]]. |
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<br />'''Nehemias Folan''' of the Newtone, Gentleman, was listed as a landowner near [[Loughrea]], County Galway, in a fiant, "''Indentures of Composition, The Part of Connacht Called Clanrickard'','' A.D. 1585''". In a later fiant, "''Carta Dermicci O'Halloran, A.D. 1594''", written in Latin, he is described as "in Christo Nehemian Ffolan, generosum, meum attornatum".<ref name="ROF1">"A History of West or H-Iar Connacht" [[Roderick O'Flaherty]], Irish Archeological Society, Dublin, 1846</ref> In a deed dated 1594, he purchased land from Dermot O'Shaughnessy for 100 pounds, to "''To hold for ever of the chief lord of the fee, by the service thereout due and of right accustomed''".<ref>"Calendar of Patent Rolls Elizabeth I 1595", Volume II, 1595</ref> He also gave a deposition in a trial in 1615, concerning the inheritance of Sir Roger O'Shaughnessy and his sons, in Loughrea, County Galway. He is described as "Nehemias Folan, of Balladowgan, County Galway, Esquire, 60 years old".<ref> |
<br />'''Nehemias Folan''' of the Newtone, Gentleman, was listed as a landowner near [[Loughrea]], County Galway, in a fiant, "''Indentures of Composition, The Part of Connacht Called Clanrickard'','' A.D. 1585''". In a later fiant, "''Carta Dermicci O'Halloran, A.D. 1594''", written in Latin, he is described as "in Christo Nehemian Ffolan, generosum, meum attornatum".<ref name="ROF1">"A History of West or H-Iar Connacht" [[Roderick O'Flaherty]], Irish Archeological Society, Dublin, 1846</ref> In a deed dated 1594, he purchased land from Dermot O'Shaughnessy for 100 pounds, to "''To hold for ever of the chief lord of the fee, by the service thereout due and of right accustomed''".<ref>"Calendar of Patent Rolls Elizabeth I 1595", Volume II, 1595</ref> He also gave a deposition in a trial in 1615, concerning the inheritance of Sir Roger O'Shaughnessy and his sons, in Loughrea, County Galway. He is described as "Nehemias Folan, of Balladowgan, County Galway, Esquire, 60 years old".<ref>The Tribes, Customs and Genealogies of the Hy Fiachrach. [[John O'Donovan (scholar)|John O'Donovan]], Irish Archaeological society, Dublin, 1844</ref> |
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<br />'''Feargananim Folan''', in a deed for the O'Flahertys in 1614, entitled "''Donogh McMoyler et al., is dede A.D. 1614''", FFargananym McServreagh of Moyrish, is described as "our true and lawfull attorney", and signs as Forinan Folan.<ref name="ROF1"/> |
<br />'''Feargananim Folan''', in a deed for the O'Flahertys in 1614, entitled "''Donogh McMoyler et al., is dede A.D. 1614''", FFargananym McServreagh of Moyrish, is described as "our true and lawfull attorney", and signs as Forinan Folan.<ref name="ROF1"/> |
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===Lands Confiscated in 1651=== |
===Lands Confiscated in 1651=== |
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Several O'Folans are mentioned in Elizabethan fiants as being pardoned for rebel activities, following the Rebellion by [[Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone]]. |
Several O'Folans are mentioned in Elizabethan fiants as being pardoned for rebel activities, following the Rebellion by [[Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone]]. |
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<br />'''Salamon Folan''' was active during the [[Irish Rebellion of 1641]], and was |
<br />'''Salamon Folan''' was active during the [[Irish Rebellion of 1641]], and was one of the group of men led by Colonel Edmond [[O'Flaherty]] at the siege of Tromroe Castle in [[County Clare]].<ref>Deposition of Salamon Folan, 1641 Depositions Project, MS 830 281r, Trinity College, Dublin, 1653</ref> |
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<br />'''Ferdinando Follin''', (a misspelling of Feargananim Folan), of Moyrus, [[Carna, County Galway]], is listed as owner of parcels of lands consisting of {{convert|3678|acre|km2}}, and {{convert|193|acre|km2}}. Following the [[Cromwellian conquest of Ireland]] in 1651,he had his lands confiscated for rebellious activities.<ref>[[Books of survey and distribution]] Vol. III. County of Galway, 1680</ref> |
<br />'''Ferdinando Follin''', (a misspelling of Feargananim Folan), of Moyrus, [[Carna, County Galway]], is listed as owner of parcels of lands consisting of {{convert|3678|acre|km2}}, and {{convert|193|acre|km2}}. Following the [[Cromwellian conquest of Ireland]] in 1651,he had his lands confiscated for rebellious activities.<ref>[[Books of survey and distribution]] Vol. III. County of Galway, 1680</ref> |
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<br />Another '''Patrick Folan''' was killed in action in the [[Gallipoli Campaign]] on August 27, 1915, his brother '''John Folan''' was Killed in Action in France in 1918, and a '''Joseph Folan''' died in [[Mesopotamia]] in 1918. All were serving with the Connaught Rangers during [[World War I]]. |
<br />Another '''Patrick Folan''' was killed in action in the [[Gallipoli Campaign]] on August 27, 1915, his brother '''John Folan''' was Killed in Action in France in 1918, and a '''Joseph Folan''' died in [[Mesopotamia]] in 1918. All were serving with the Connaught Rangers during [[World War I]]. |
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<br />[[John Folan]] won the [[Distinguished Conduct Medal]] for Gallantry while serving in Mesopotamia in 1916 with the 3rd Battalion of the Connaught Rangers.<ref>[http://www.military-genealogy.com/searchResults.php?product=Conduct_Citations&q_surname=folan Military-genealogy.org.uk/Distinguished Conduct Medal Citations]</ref> |
<br />[[John Folan]] won the [[Distinguished Conduct Medal]] for Gallantry while serving in Mesopotamia in 1916 with the 3rd Battalion of the Connaught Rangers.<ref>[http://www.military-genealogy.com/searchResults.php?product=Conduct_Citations&q_surname=folan Military-genealogy.org.uk/Distinguished Conduct Medal Citations]</ref> |
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<br />'''Peter Folan''' died while serving with the [[Royal Navy]] in 1919.<ref>Forgotten Heroes, Galway Soldiers of the Great War 1914-1915. William Henry, Mercier Press, 2007</ref> |
<br />'''Peter Folan''' died while serving with the [[Royal Navy]] in 1919.<ref>Forgotten Heroes, Galway Soldiers of the Great War 1914-1915. William Henry, Mercier Press, Dublin 2007</ref> |
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<br />'''Joseph Folan''' was killed in action during [[World War II]], while serving with the [[Royal Artillery]] in [[Malaysia]], in 1945.<ref>[http://www.military-genealogy.com/searchResults.php?product=ww2&q_surname=folan Military-genealogy.org.uk/Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945]</ref> |
<br />'''Joseph Folan''' was killed in action during [[World War II]], while serving with the [[Royal Artillery]] in [[Malaysia]], in 1945.<ref>[http://www.military-genealogy.com/searchResults.php?product=ww2&q_surname=folan Military-genealogy.org.uk/Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945]</ref> |
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<br />'''John Folan''' was awarded the [[Dewey Medal]] while serving with the [[United States Navy]] in the [[Battle of Manila Bay]] in the [[Spanish-American War]] in 1898.<ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/medals/dewey/dewey1.htm US Navy Service Medals]</ref> |
<br />'''John Folan''' was awarded the [[Dewey Medal]] while serving with the [[United States Navy]] in the [[Battle of Manila Bay]] in the [[Spanish-American War]] in 1898.<ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/medals/dewey/dewey1.htm US Navy Service Medals]</ref> |
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'''Captain A.H. Folan''' served with the 18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment of the [[Confederate Army]]. |
'''Captain A.H. Folan''' served with the 18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment of the [[Confederate Army]]. |
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<br />Colonel '''John B. Folan''' flew during the Berlin Airlift in 1948, with the [[United States Air Force]]. |
<br />Colonel '''John B. Folan''' flew during the Berlin Airlift in 1948, with the [[United States Air Force]]. |
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<br />'''James Folan''', Woodquay, Galway, was the Battalion Quarter-master of the Galway Brigade of the IRA during the [[Irish War of Independence]]. The [[Black and Tans]] raided the family home in 1920, while searching for him, shooting dead his brother |
<br />'''James Folan''', Woodquay, Galway, was the Battalion Quarter-master of the Galway Brigade of the IRA during the [[Irish War of Independence]].<ref>Connacht Tribune 1909-2010; Page: 12; Date: Nov 19, 1960</ref> The [[Black and Tans]] raided the family home in 1920, while searching for him, shooting dead his brother Christopher and injuring another brother Joseph.<ref>Blood For Blood, The Black and Tan War in Galway. William Henry, Mercier Press, Dublin, 2012</ref> |
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===Notable Folans=== |
===Notable Folans=== |
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Revision as of 14:15, 20 January 2013
Folan (Irish: Ó Cualáin or Ó Culáin), is an Irish family name. They were a Brehon family in County Galway. The Folan family are of Conmhaícne origin.
Overview
It is most numerous in County Galway, and adjoining areas in County Mayo, in Connacht, Ireland. This locality stretching from Galway City to Clifden is where the majority of Folans are still concentrated today. The Gaelic spelling used in the Irish-speaking Gaeltacht of Galway is Ó Cualáin, despite Mac Fualláin and O Fualláin being attributed to it by Edward Mac Lysaght and other Irish surname scholars. It is also often incorrectly listed as a variation of other Irish names Fallon, Phelan, or Foley. Many Irish Emigrants to the USA americanised the name as Foley.
Brehon Family
There was a well known Brehon family called O'Folan in County Galway in the sixteenth century.[1]
Servreagh O'Folan, Gentleman, was a signature to an official fiant in 1585, called "Indentures of Composition, The Country of the O'Flaherty's of Eyre Connacht, A.D. 1585", which listed him as a landowner in Moyrus in the Barony of Ballynahinch, County Galway.
Nehemias Folan of the Newtone, Gentleman, was listed as a landowner near Loughrea, County Galway, in a fiant, "Indentures of Composition, The Part of Connacht Called Clanrickard, A.D. 1585". In a later fiant, "Carta Dermicci O'Halloran, A.D. 1594", written in Latin, he is described as "in Christo Nehemian Ffolan, generosum, meum attornatum".[2] In a deed dated 1594, he purchased land from Dermot O'Shaughnessy for 100 pounds, to "To hold for ever of the chief lord of the fee, by the service thereout due and of right accustomed".[3] He also gave a deposition in a trial in 1615, concerning the inheritance of Sir Roger O'Shaughnessy and his sons, in Loughrea, County Galway. He is described as "Nehemias Folan, of Balladowgan, County Galway, Esquire, 60 years old".[4]
Feargananim Folan, in a deed for the O'Flahertys in 1614, entitled "Donogh McMoyler et al., is dede A.D. 1614", FFargananym McServreagh of Moyrish, is described as "our true and lawfull attorney", and signs as Forinan Folan.[2]
Lands Confiscated in 1651
Several O'Folans are mentioned in Elizabethan fiants as being pardoned for rebel activities, following the Rebellion by Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone.
Salamon Folan was active during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, and was one of the group of men led by Colonel Edmond O'Flaherty at the siege of Tromroe Castle in County Clare.[5]
Ferdinando Follin, (a misspelling of Feargananim Folan), of Moyrus, Carna, County Galway, is listed as owner of parcels of lands consisting of 3,678 acres (14.88 km2), and 193 acres (0.78 km2). Following the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1651,he had his lands confiscated for rebellious activities.[6]
Military Roll of Honour
Many Folans served in the Connaught Rangers Regiment of the British Army.
Patrick Folan was killed at the Battle of Inkermann 5 November 1854, during the Crimean War.[7]
Another Patrick Folan was killed in action in the Gallipoli Campaign on August 27, 1915, his brother John Folan was Killed in Action in France in 1918, and a Joseph Folan died in Mesopotamia in 1918. All were serving with the Connaught Rangers during World War I.
John Folan won the Distinguished Conduct Medal for Gallantry while serving in Mesopotamia in 1916 with the 3rd Battalion of the Connaught Rangers.[8]
Peter Folan died while serving with the Royal Navy in 1919.[9]
Joseph Folan was killed in action during World War II, while serving with the Royal Artillery in Malaysia, in 1945.[10]
John Folan was awarded the Dewey Medal while serving with the United States Navy in the Battle of Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War in 1898.[11]
Several Folans also served during the American Civil War.
John Folan, was killed in action at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 19 May 1864, while serving with the New York, I Co. 6th HA Regiment.
Bartholomew Folan, serving with the B Co. 16th Inf Regiment. NH died from disease at New Orleans, LA on 7 June 1863.
James J Folan, from Boston, Massachusetts, served as 1st Lieutenant with the 48th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, of the Union Army.
Captain A.H. Folan served with the 18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment of the Confederate Army.
Colonel John B. Folan flew during the Berlin Airlift in 1948, with the United States Air Force.
James Folan, Woodquay, Galway, was the Battalion Quarter-master of the Galway Brigade of the IRA during the Irish War of Independence.[12] The Black and Tans raided the family home in 1920, while searching for him, shooting dead his brother Christopher and injuring another brother Joseph.[13]
Notable Folans
Although Folan is not a well known surname, there are many Folans prominent today in different walks of life in Ireland and abroad.
- Caleb Folan, is a Republic of Ireland forward, who made his senior debut against Cyprus in October 2008. He plays in the Football League Championship with Hull City, and qualifies for Ireland through his paternal Grandparents who are from Galway.
- Cormac Folan from Barna, County Galway, 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".
- John Folan is a Detective Chief Inspector in the City of London Police, and is the head of the Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPCU).
- Donal Folan is a Chief Superintendent of the Irish Police service, An Garda Síochána.
- Pat Folan is Director General of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, of the Civil service of the Republic of Ireland.
- Lilias Folan from Cincinnati, Ohio was a yoga pioneer in the USA, and hosted the TV show Lilias, Yoga and You on PBS Television. The show first aired in 1972 on Cincinnati PBS member station WCET-TV and four years later was carried on PBS across the United States, where it ran until 1992.
- Josie Ó Cualáin is a television actor, and stars as Mícheál Seoige in the long-running TV show Ros na Rún on the Irish-language TV station TG4.
- William J Folan is an archaeologist and explorer, and is an expert on Mayan Archaeology who has worked on the Coba[14] and Calakmul[15] excavations
Edward MacLysaght Notes on the Surname Folan
The name is mainly confined to Connacht, as seen by the birth registrations: 63 were recorded in 1866, 62 of which were in County Galway; in 1890 the number was much less, only 28, but 23 of these were in County Galway and the other 5 in County Mayo. It is stated that the name is Mac Fualláin in Irish; but it may be Ó Fualláin. In a fiant of 1584 relating to County Galway the name MacFolane appeared once, whereas O'Folane is frequent: in a fiant of 1577 an area in County Roscommon called Grange O'Folan is specifically termed O'Folan's country. O'Folan and O'Fallon have been confused in records: "O'Folan's country" was in County Roscommon, "O'Fallon's country" in County Galway.
In the Composition Book of Connacht eight years later, several O'Folanes of County Galway are mentioned. O'Phelan (in Irish, Ó Faoláin) was often entered in early medieval records as Offolan and later. as Follon, Follan etc., e.g. in Petty's "census", giving the impression that Folane is a Waterford or Kilkenny name. A good example of this is to be seen in the person of the Bishop of Limerick (1489–1521) whose name is given by Canon Begley as John Folan alias Whelan (Whelan is the same as Phelan). Eugenius O'Folan, Bishop of Kilmacduagh from 1409 to 1418 and then Bishop of Killaloe, was of the Ó Fualláin sept.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Irish Families" Edward Mac Lysaght, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1985
- ^ a b "A History of West or H-Iar Connacht" Roderick O'Flaherty, Irish Archeological Society, Dublin, 1846
- ^ "Calendar of Patent Rolls Elizabeth I 1595", Volume II, 1595
- ^ The Tribes, Customs and Genealogies of the Hy Fiachrach. John O'Donovan, Irish Archaeological society, Dublin, 1844
- ^ Deposition of Salamon Folan, 1641 Depositions Project, MS 830 281r, Trinity College, Dublin, 1653
- ^ Books of survey and distribution Vol. III. County of Galway, 1680
- ^ Crimean War Roll of Honour.
- ^ Military-genealogy.org.uk/Distinguished Conduct Medal Citations
- ^ Forgotten Heroes, Galway Soldiers of the Great War 1914-1915. William Henry, Mercier Press, Dublin 2007
- ^ Military-genealogy.org.uk/Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945
- ^ US Navy Service Medals
- ^ Connacht Tribune 1909-2010; Page: 12; Date: Nov 19, 1960
- ^ Blood For Blood, The Black and Tan War in Galway. William Henry, Mercier Press, Dublin, 2012
- ^ "COBA: A Classic Maya Metropolis" William J. Folan, et al., New York: Academic Press, 1983.
- ^ "Calakmul: New Data from an Ancient Maya Capitol in Campeche, Mexico." Folan, William, et al., Latin American Antiquity, Vol. 6, No. 4, Dec. 1995.