Fillan [SEP] country of origin
. In Irish/Gaeilge the name Faolán is pronounced 'Fway-lawn'.
Feast.
The St. Fillan whose feast is kept on 20 June had churches dedicated to his honour at Ballyheyland, County Laois, Ireland and at Loch Earn, Perthshire and Aberdour, Fifeshire.
The other, who is commemorated on 9 January, was specially venerated at Cluain Mavscua, County Westmeath, Ireland, and at the villages of Houston and Kilellan, Renfrewshire, Scotland and so early as the 8th or 9th century at Strathfillan
Fillan
Saint Fillan, Filan, Phillan, Fáelán (Old Irish) or Faolán (modern Gaeilge & Gàidhlig) is the name of probably two Scottish saints, of Irish origin. The career of a historic individual lies behind at least one of these saints, but much of the tradition surrounding Fillan seems to be of a purely legendary character.
Name.
The name Fillan probably means "little wolf" in Irish / Gaeilge , being formed on a diminutive of "faol", an old word for the animal