title: Ó Faoláin
text: # Ó Faoláin
  
  Ó Faoláin (pronounced), or O'Faolain, is an Irish surname meaning "wolf", anglicized as Phelan. Notable people with this surname include:
  
  * Seán Ó Faoláin (1900–1991), influential figure in 20th-century Irish culture
  * Eugenius Ó Faoláin, Bishop of Kilmacduagh during 1409-1418
  * Julia O'Faolain (1932–2020), London-born Irish novelist and short story writer
  * Nuala O'Faolain (1940–2008), Irish journalist
  