is an Irish male name meaning uling with"fervour over the people" or "valour of the tribe", from Old Irish

túath ''Túath'' (plural ''túatha'') is the Old Irish term for the basic political and jurisdictional unit of Gaelic Ireland. ''Túath'' can refer to both a geographical territory as well the people who lived in that territory. Social structure In ...

"people, tribe, tribal territory" + gal "ardour, valour", from Proto-Celtic *galā "might, ability". is also the Modern Irish for movement anticlockwise or

widdershins Widdershins (sometimes withershins, widershins or widderschynnes) is a term meaning to go counter-clockwise, to go anti-clockwise, or to go lefthandwise, or to walk around an object by always keeping it on the left. Literally, it means to take ...

, from the Old Irish túath “left, north” + sel “turn”, from a different Proto-Celtic root not meaning "people, tribe", see there, sense 2 for details. People with the name include: *

Túathal Techtmar Túathal Techtmar (; 'the legitimate'), son of Fíachu Finnolach, was a High King of Ireland, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition. He is said to be the ancestor of the Uí Néill and Connachta dynasties through his grandso ...

, legendary king *

Túathal Máelgarb Túathal mac Cormaic (died 544), called Túathal Máelgarb, (''Túathal'': "ruler of the people") was said to be a grandson of Coirpre mac Néill. He was High King of Ireland. In the earliest accounts he appears to have been regarded as the man w ...

(''fl''. 6th century), king of Tara * Túathal mac Máele-Brigte (died 854), king of Leinster * Tuathal Mac Augaire (died 958),

king of Leinster The kings of Leinster ( ga, Rí Laighín), ruled from the establishment of Kingdom of Leinster, Leinster during the Irish Iron Age, until the 17th century Early Modern Ireland. According to Gaelic traditional history, laid out in works such as th ...

Túathal (bishop of the Scots) is an Irish male name meaning uling with"fervour over the people" or "valour of the tribe", from Old Irish túath "people, tribe, tribal territory" + gal "ardour, valour", from Proto-Celtic *galā "might, ability". is also the Modern Irish f ...

(''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 , meaning grandson or descendant of Túathal. One instance is the

O'Toole family The O'Toole ( ga, Ó Tuathail) family of Leinster, formerly one of the leading Royal families of that province, descended from Tuathal Mac Augaire, King of Leinster (died 958), of the Uí Muiredaig branch of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty. Not all ...

prominent in medieval Wicklow, who claimed descent from Tuathal Mac Augaire. Placenames associated with the name include: *

Listowel Listowel ( ; , IPA: �lʲɪsˠˈt̪ˠuəhəlʲ is a heritage market town in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the River Feale, from the county town, Tralee. The town of Listowel had a population of 4,820 according to the Central Statistics Of ...

"Túathal's

ringfort Ringforts, ring forts or ring fortresses are circular fortified settlements that were mostly built during the Bronze Age up to about the year 1000. They are found in Northern Europe, especially in Ireland. There are also many in South Wales ...

", a town in

County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

Carrauntoohil Carrauntoohil or Carrauntoohill ( ; ga, Corrán Tuathail , meaning "Tuathal's sickle") is the highest mountain in Ireland at . It is on the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, close to the centre of Ireland's highest mountain range, MacGillycud ...

"Túathal's sickle", a mountain in County Kerry *

Glasthule Glasthule ( ; ) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is along County Dublin’s south coast, between Dún Laoghaire and Dalkey. Amenities Sandycove and Glasthule are served by a number of businesses and amenities, including retail outlets, pu ...

"Túathal's stream", a suburb of Dublin

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