About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- Variants
- Faelchú
- Stronghold region
- All-Ireland
Overview
An old Gaelic warrior name combining the elements for wolf and hound. Recorded in early Irish genealogies and saga material.
The story behind Faolchú
A medieval Gaelic warrior name preserved in early genealogies.
Mythology & legend
Non-mythological; warrior compound name.
Did you know?
Wolves were extinct in Ireland by the 18th century, but the wolf imagery in Gaelic names long outlasts them.
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