Mary - if you have not been deleted from the list yet - my gg grandmother from the Radestown area of Co. Kilkenny was Catherine PHELAN - according to the parish records in Co. Kilkenny. Her name also appeared on the 1925 Iowa State census as Catherine WHALEN. Here is the best explanation from a Bill Jackman from Waterford, Ireland, that I have heard yet as to why the two names are interchangeable: "Yes the names Whelan and Phelan are one and the same. The name in Irish is O`Faolain with a stroke over last a,which lengthens it,I`ll try and spell it phonetically for you,fweylawinn,so its easy to understand where whelan came from ( or Whalen )" Kathleen Maryland Mary A Austin wrote: > > Please delete my name. My interest is Whealan. I do not get any help from > the Phelans. Mary Austin > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > ==== PHELAN Mailing List ==== > Here's to you and yours and to mine and ours, And if mine and ours ever come across you and yours, I hope you and yours will do as much for mine and ours, As mine and ours have done for you and yours. > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi