John Fallon Colohan

John Fallon Colohan ( – 27 August 1932) was an Irish physician who, in the late 1890s, imported the first petrol-powered car into Ireland. Described in a number of sources as "Ireland's first motorist", he was a founder member of the Irish Automobile Club.

Early life and education Colohan was born in Dublin . A Roman Catholic, his father was the manager of the Hibernian Bank in Dublin, and he was a relative of the songwriter Arthur Colahan. He studied medicine at Edinburgh Medical School, qualifying as a physician and surgeon in 1892. He practised in London, Long Ditton, Dublin, and Athenry. He won a bet (a wager of £50), in 1899, by driving from his home in Blackrock, Dublin to Kilbeggan, County Westmeath, and back again, in under 12 hours. left Ireland and moved to England in 1922.

Colohan's first car, a Benz Velo, was purchased and restored in the 1980s, and, as of 2017, was on display (as part of a private collection) in Dublin. An 1890s photograph of the car, including Colohan and his first wife, was represented on an Irish postage stamp in 1989.