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Beollan Surname Definition:

BEOLLAN: Irish Beollan, diminutive of beul, 'mouth.' Bjolan was the name of a king of some district in Scotland whose lands were harried by the Norsemen in 886 (Landnamabok, II, 11). The name perhaps appears in the cognomen of Helgi Bjola who went from the Hebrides to Iceland between 874 and 900 (ibid.

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BEOLLAN: Irish Beollan, diminutive of beul, 'mouth.' Bjolan was the name of a king of some district in Scotland whose lands were harried by the Norsemen in 886 (Landnamabok, II, 11). The name perhaps appears in the cognomen of Helgi Bjola who went from the Hebrides to Iceland between 874 and 900 (ibid., c. 14). He was son of Ketil Flatnose, and apparently was born in the Hebrides. Beollanus was the father of one of the witnesses to a grant by Ethelred son of Malcolm III to the Keledei of Lochleven, c. 1107 (RPSA., p. 116). About 1222 Beolin the judge witnessed a charter by Randulf de Strathphethain (REB., II, 3). O'Beollan was the family name of Ferchar Mac-in-tagart, created earl of Boss c. 1220.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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