| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Jarlath Whelan | |
| Irish: | Jarlath Ó Faoileáin |
| Occupation: | Tarmacadam contractor |
| Nickname: | Cha |
| County: | London |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Club: | Thomastown Faughs Seán McDermott's |
| Clposition: | Half-back |
| Clcounty: | 1 |
| Counties: | Kilkenny |
| Icposition: | Full-back |
| Icyears: | 1961-1967 |
| Icprovince: | 1 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nhl: | 0 |
| Icupdate: | 00:34, 28 June 2013 |
| Birth Place: | Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1939 |
Jarlath "Cha" Whelan (7 September 1939 – 22 March 1996) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Kilkenny and London senior teams.
Born in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Whelan first played hurling during his school days. Although never playing minor hurling at inter-county level, he arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he made his senior debut in the 1960-61 National Hurling League. Whelan later played with London, but returned to Kilkenny and made several cameo appearances over the following four years, winning one All-Ireland medal and one Leinster medal on the field of play.[1] [2]
At club level Whelan began and ended his career with Thomastown.[3] He also played with Faughs in Dublin and won one championship medal with Seán McDermott's in London.
Whelan retired from inter-county hurling after winning a second All-Ireland medal as a non-playing substitute in the 1967 championship