Féilim or Feidhlim, is an

Irish language Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous ...

masculine given name. The name is derived from the older form ''Feidhlimidh'' (). Féilim has been variously anglicised as ''Felim'', ''Phelim'', ''Feilmy'', ''Philip'' or '' Felix''.

List of people

Feidlimid

* Feidlimid mac Coirpri Chruimm (d. 596?), perhaps king of Munster * Feidlimid mac Cremthanin (d. 846), king of Munster * Fedlimid mac Daill (also Feidhlimidh Mac Daill, or Felim mac Dall), a bard of the Irish mythology, father of Deirdre * Feidlimid mac Óengusa (d. ''c''. 500?), king of Munster * Feidlimid mac Tigernaig (d. 588?), perhaps king of Munster *

Fedlimid Rechtmar Fedlimid Rechtmar (; "the lawful, legitimate" or "the passionate, furious") or Rechtaid ("the judge, lawgiver"), son of Tuathal Techtmar, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. His mother was Báin ...

Féilim

* Saint Felim (also spelled Feidlimid, Feidhlimidh, Felimy, Feidhilmethie, Feidlimthe, Fedlimid, Fedlimidh, Phelim, or Phelime), an Irish hermit and priest of the mid sixth century *

Felim Ua Conchobair Felim O'Connor (Irish language, Irish: ''Feidlim Ua Conchobair'') was List of kings of Connacht, king of Connacht in Ireland, having been proclaimed king by Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught, Richard Mór de Burgh in 1230, he reigned ...

(also Felim mac Cathal Crobderg Ua Conchobair), king of Connacht between 1233 and 1265 *

Aedh mac Felim Ó Conchobair Aodh ( , , ; ) is a masculine Irish and Scottish Gaelic given name, which was traditionally anglicized as Hugh. The name means "fire" and was the name of a god in Irish mythology.The modern word meaning 'inflammation' or as a phrase with the ...

, his son and king of Connacht between 1265 and 1274 * Aedh Muimhnech mac Felim Ua Conchobair, king of Connacht between 1274 and 1280 * Felim, Feilim or Fedlim Ó Conchobair, king of Connacht between 1310 and 1316 * Felim McFiach O'Byrne, a Gaelic chieftain died in 1630 * Felim O'Neill of Kinard (also Phelim MacShane O'Neill, or Féilim Ó Néill), Irish catholic nobleman leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and executed during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1652 * Felim Egan, Irish painter born in 1952 It is also used for: * Fedlimid mac Daill (also Feidhlimidh Mac Daill, or Felim mac Dall), a bard of the Irish mythology, father of Deirdre *

Cavan Cathedral The Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim, also known as Cavan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Cavan, Ireland. It is the Chair (official), seat of the Bishop of Kilmore, and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Dioc ...

, consacred as Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim *

Slieve Felim Mountains The Slieve Felim Mountains () are a mountain range in Munster, Ireland. They cover parts of County Limerick and County Tipperary. Historically, the name "Slieve Felim" meant the whole mountainous area between Murroe, Silvermines, Borrisoleigh and ...

(Irish: ''Sliabh Eibhlinne''), mountain range in Ireland in County Limerick * Slieve Felim Way, a long-distance trail in Ireland between Murroe in County Limerick and Silvermine Mountains in County Tipperary.

Phelim

* Phelim (Felix) O'Neill (died 1709), head of the Clanaboy O'Neill dynasty, and Chief of this Catholic Lineage * Phelim Boyle (born 1941), professor of finance in the School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada * Phelim Calleary (1895–1974), Irish Fianna Fáil politician *

Phelim Caoch O'Neill Phelim Caoch O'Neill ( Irish: ''Feidhlimidh Caoch Ó Néill'', 1517-1542) was a prince of the Cenél nEógain. The eldest son of King Conn Bacach O'Neill. The then O'Neill, Conn's dynasty held lordship over significant parts of Ulster. Pheli ...

(also Phelim Caoch Ó Neill, or Feidhlimidh Caoch Ó Néill), Prince of the Cenél nEógain from 1517 to 1542 * Phelim Drew (born 1969), Irish actor * Phelim McDermott (born 1963), English actor and stage director *

Phelim O'Neill, 2nd Baron Rathcavan Phelim Robert Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Baron Rathcavan, PC (NI) (2 November 1909 – 20 December 1994), was a politician in Northern Ireland and a hereditary peer in the British House of Lords. The son of Hugh O'Neill, a unionist politician, Phel ...

(1909–1994), politician in Northern Ireland and a hereditary peer in the British House of Lords

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