Origin Displayed: Irish

Spelling variations include: Feeley, Fealy, Feally, Feely, Fehilly, Fehley, Feley, O'Feeley, O'Feley and many more.

Firs found in conties Donegal and  Derry where they held a family seat from very ancient times.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its varians were:Margaret Fihilly, and her four children who arrived in Charleston Mass, in 1803; Michael Feely, whose Oath of Allegience was recorded in Philadelphia in 1802.