Felane is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.
A variant form of the Wetten. See Wetton - A parish in Staffordshire.
Family name Felane is the variant of O'Phelan. From Faolan, whose son Mothea was at Clontarf battle in 1014. The sept is recorded in the earliest annals of Ireland. "They were styled Princes of Desies, a territory comprising the greater part of the present county of Water ford, with a portion of Tipperary. Malachy O'Phelan was their chief at the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion, and his was the principal native force that, in cooperation with the Danes of Waterford, sought, but unsuccessfully, to hold that city against the new-comers. Malachy was taken prisoner, and condemned to die, but his life was spared at the intercession of Dermod Mac Murrough, who had on that day come down from Ferns to celebrate the marriage of his daughter with Strongbow. The sept having been afterwards expelled from their old homes, some, after a short sojourn in Western Meath, crossed the Shannon into Connaught, where they spelt the name O'Fallon; and a district in Roscommon was known as O'Fallon's country."
The family name is form of Phelan. Grandson of little Faol meaning "wolf".
Felane is a variant form of Whalen. Grandson of Faolan meaning "little wolf".
The form of the Whelan. Grandson of Faolan meaning "little wolf".
The variation of Phelan. See O'Phelan - From Faolan, whose son Mothea was at Clontarf battle in 1014. The sept is recorded in the earliest annals of Ireland. "They were styled Princes of Desies, a territory comprising the greater part of the present county of Water ford, with a portion of Tipperary. Malachy O'Phelan was their chief at the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion, and his was the principal native force that, in cooperation with the Danes of Waterford, sought, but unsuccessfully, to hold that city against the new-comers. Malachy was taken prisoner, and condemned to die, but his life was spared at the intercession of Dermod Mac Murrough, who had on that day come down from Ferns to celebrate the marriage of his daughter with Strongbow. The sept having been afterwards expelled from their old homes, some, after a short sojourn in Western Meath, crossed the Shannon into Connaught, where they spelt the name O'Fallon; and a district in Roscommon was known as O'Fallon's country."