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Faelchu Surname Definition:

FAELCHU: Faelchu, Dorbene's son, received the chair of Columba in 716 (Tighernach), and died in 724. The Irish version of Nennius speaks of the race of the Leinster Faelchu or wolf in Ossory, as the fourteenth wonder of Ireland (Irish Nenn.

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FAELCHU: Faelchu, Dorbene's son, received the chair of Columba in 716 (Tighernach), and died in 724. The Irish version of Nennius speaks of the race of the Leinster Faelchu or wolf in Ossory, as the fourteenth wonder of Ireland (Irish Nenn., p. 204—205). The men of that race were believed to assume the form and nature of wolves whenever they pleased (Rhys, Rhind lectures, p. 37). The Welsh reflex of Faelchu exists only as a poetic name for the sea, Y Weilgi 'the wolf.'.

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

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