Faolán Mac an Ghabhann na Scéal, died 1423, was an Irish writer and genealogist. He was one of the ten scribes of
Leabhar Ua Maine, commissioned by
Archbishop of Tuam,
Muircertach Ó Ceallaigh (died 1407). His poem, Adham ar n-athair uile is penned in the text by
Ádhamh Cúisín. Nothing else seems to be known of him.
Compilations of lore and legend: Leabhar na hUidhre and the Books of Uí Mhaine, Ballymote, Lecan and Fermoy,
John Carey, in Bernadette Cunningham and Siobhán Fitzpatrick (eds), Treasures … Dublin, 2009, pp. 17–31.