Researching John Phelan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 429 people with the Phelan surname? In that year Phelan was ranked number 3150 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Phelan on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Phelan and the Phelan Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Phelan Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Phelan family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2798 people with the Phelan surname in the UK? Phelan is now ranked number 1910 for popularity in the UK. |
Phelan Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Phelan surname in the USA? Phelan is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called John Phelan
John Paul Phelan
John Paul Phelan (born 27 September 1978) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency since the 2011 general election. He previously served as Minister of State for Local Government and Electoral Reform from 2017 to 2020. He also served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from 2002 to 2011.
Phelan attended national school in Listerlin, County Kilkenny, and Good Counsel College secondary school in New Ross before graduating from Waterford Institute of Technology with an Economics and Finance degree. He was elected to Kilkenny County Council in 1999 for the Piltown local electoral area, the youngest person ever elected to the council.
He was elected in 2002 to Seanad Éireann as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel, the youngest member of the 22nd Seanad, and was re-elected in 2007. He was the Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, having previously held the portfolio of Seanad Spokesperson on Finance.
In the 2007 general election, he was beaten for the last seat by Mary White of the Green Party. He was a candidate at the 2009 European Parliament election for the East constituency but was not elected.
He was elected as a Fine Gael TD for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency at the 2011 general election.
Phelan has sat on the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Law and Defence. He is one of the Irish delegates sitting on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and is an Irish representative on the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly. He was critical of the Government decision to change the rules regarding the Domiciliary Care Allowance its effect on families of children with Autism. On 10 November 2012, Phelan took part in the "Save our Services" protest march in Waterford.
He called for a "No" vote in the 2018 Referendum on Abortion. He has spearheaded legislation which may force political parties to fill 40% of their nominations with migrants, women and ethnic minorities in future elections.
At the general election in February 2020, he was re-elected in the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency. He continued to serve as minister until the new Fianna Fáil–Fine Gael–Green coalition govt was formed in June 2020.
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