My name is Whalen. I wonder if the county Waterford's Phelan's are mine. Is there a place to look for the Whalen's Jann Whalen Parks Please check Remus Free Summer Music Program at www.remusmusic.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kleager1@aol.com> To: <PHELAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:12 PM Subject: [Phelan] Variant spellings of Phelan and Irish Phelan Population > Dear Glenda, > > Faoláin is not an unusual spelling of Phelan at all. In fact it was the > original spelling of the name in Ireland. > > I went to an Irish Special Interest Group meeting of our local genealogical > society last night... 40 present. One of the web sites mentioned was > Ireland.com/ancestor/surname. > > It gives the number of households in each county in Ireland with the surname > search - from Griffith's Valuation (1848-1864). For Phelan, there were 469 > in Kilkenny, 254 in Laois, 234 in Waterford, and 158 in Tipperary. The other > counties had fewer than 15. The site also gives a history of the surname, the > coat of arms and other info. Glenda, your Whelan name history is given with > the Phelan, too. Apparently there were only three Whelans listed in > Griffith's. > > Did you mention the web site "theshipslist.com" a couple of weeks ago? It's > a good one, too. My problem is that my earliest Phelan was already here in > 1790, so none of these are much help. The surname population is a possible > resource... > > Brenda > > > ==== PHELAN Mailing List ==== > Irish Proverb: A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in the sea. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >