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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. The surname Folan is most numerous in County Galway, particularly in the area between Galway City and Clifden, in Connacht, Ireland.〔(Folan Surname )〕 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. == 16th Century Brehon Family == There was a well known Brehon family called O'Folan in County Galway in the sixteenth century.〔"Irish Families" Edward Mac Lysaght, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1985〕 *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 dated 1585. In a fiant dated 1594 for the O'Halloran clan, he is described in Latin as "''in Christo Nehemian Ffolan, generosum, meum attornatum''".〔"A History of West or H-Iar Connacht" Roderick O'Flaherty, Irish Archeological Society, Dublin, 1846〕 In 1615 he was involved in a trial concerning the inheritance of Sir Roger O'Shaughnessy, in Loughrea, and was described as "''Nehemias Folan, of Balladowgan, County Galway, Esquire, 60 years old''".〔The Tribes, Customs and Genealogies of the Hy Fiachrach. John O'Donovan, Irish Archaeological society, Dublin, 1844〕 *Soyrbrehagh Og Folan, in an indenture for John Kinge in May 1606, is described as "''Soyrbrehagh Og Folan of Ierconnaght in the Co. of Galway, atornie for seisin''".〔The Lynch Blosse Papers. K. W. Nicholls Analecta Hibernica, Page 161, The Irish Manuscripts Commission Ltd, 1980〕 *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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Folan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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