Túathal
Túathal is an Irish male name. Túathal is also the Irish for movement anticlockwise or widdershins.
People with the name include:
- Túathal Techtmar, legendary king
- Túathal Máelgarb (fl. 6th century), king of Tara
- Túathal mac Máele-Brigte (died 854), king of Leinster
- Tuathal Mac Augaire (died 958), king of Leinster
- Túathal (bishop of the Scots) (fl. 1050s), bishop of Cennrígmonaid, modern St Andrews
- Tuathal Ua Connachtaig (fl. 12th century) Irish bishop of Kells or Breifne
The surname O'Toole is an anglicisation of Ua Túathail, meaning grandson or descendant of Túathal. One instance is the O'Toole family prominent in medieval Wicklow, who claimed descent from Tuathal Mac Augaire.
Placenames associated with the name include:
- Listowel Lios Túathail "Túathal's ringfort", a town in County Kerry
- Carrauntoohil Corrán Túathail "Túathal's sickle", a mountain in County Kerry
- Glasthule Glas Túathail "Túathal's stream", a suburb of Dublin
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