Toirdhealbhach () is a masculine Irish

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. Forms of the name include ''Tarlach'' and ''Traolach''. It is often

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Turlough. The name ultimately derives from "prompting", and originated as a

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meaning "instigator".eDIL
tairdelb
vn. of *do-airdelba. promoting, furthering

People with the name

Tairrdelbach

Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair Toirdhealbhach Mór Ua Conchobhair (old spelling: Tairrdelbach Mór Ua Conchobair; 1088 – 1156) anglicised Turlough Mór O'Conor, was King of Connacht (1106–1156) and High King of Ireland (ca. 1120–1156). Family background and early life ...

, called Toirdelbach Mór, king of Ireland (d. 1156)

Tarlach

Tarlach Ó Mealláin Tarlach Ó Mealláin (floruit, fl. 1641–1650) was an Irish people, Irish Franciscan, author of Cín Lae Uí Mhealláin. Origins and background Ó Mealláin was of a Tír Eoghain ecclesiastical family who were the hereditary keepers of the Bell ...

( 1640s), Irish Franciscan * Tarlach Mac Suibhne ( 1831–1916), Irish piper *

Tarlach Rua Mac Dónaill Tarlach Rua Mac Dónaill () was an Irish poet. Tarlach Rua Mac Dónaill was from the townland of Derrylasky in the parish of Donaghmore, County Tyrone, and lived in the first half of the 18th century. He was the author of ''Seachrán Charn tSi ...

( early 18th century), Irish poet

Toirdelbach

* Toirdelbach mac Murchada meic Briain, grandson of Brian Boru (d. 1014) * Toirdhealbhach mac Ruaidhrí Ó Conchobhair, king of Connacht (d. 1239) *

Toirdelbach Ó Conchobair Toirdelbach Ó Conchobair, anglicised Turlough O'Conor, was one of a number of claimants to the kingship of Connacht in the disastrous aftermath of the Second Battle of Athenry. He overthrew Rory na BhFeadh but was himself overthrown in 1318. Reg ...

, king of Connacht (d. 1345) *

Toirdelbach Ua Briain Toirdhealbhach ua Briain (old spelling: Toirdelbach ua Briain), anglicised ''Turlough O'Brien'' (100914 July 1086), was King of Munster and effectively High King of Ireland. A grandson of Brian Bóruma, Toirdelbach was the son of Tadc mac Briai ...

, king of Munster (d. 1086)

Toirdhealbhach

Toirdhealbhach Óg Donn Ó Conchobair Toirdhealbhach Óg Donn Ó Conchobair (Turlough O'Connor) (died 9 December 1406) was a King of Connacht, a kingdom which lies west of the River Shannon in Ireland. He was the son of Aedh mac Tairdelbach Ó Conchobair. Few single members of the ...

, king of Connacht (d. 1461)

Turlough

Turlough Luineach O'Neill Sir Turlough Lynagh O'Neill (also known as Turlough Luineach) ( Irish: ''An Ridire Toirdhealbhach Luineach mac Néill Chonnalaigh Ó Néill''; – September 1595) was an Irish Gaelic lord of Tír Eoghain in early modern Ireland. He was inau ...

(1530–1595) Ulster chieftain *

Turlough MacShane O'Neill Sir Turlough McHenry O'Neill (died 1608) is known for having been killed together with his father, Henry, fighting for the crown in O'Doherty's Rebellion and for being the father of Sir Phelim O'Neill, who started the Irish Rebellion of 1641. ...

(died 1608), Irish landowner *

Turlough Ó Carolan Turlough O'Carolan ( ; 1670 – 25 March 1738) was a blind Celtic harper, composer and singer in Ireland whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. Although not a composer in the classical sense, Carolan is considered by som ...

(1670–1738) Irish harper *

Vislor Turlough Vislor Turlough is a fictional character played by Mark Strickson in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was a companion of the Fifth Doctor, being a regular in the programme from 1983 to 1984. Turloug ...

, a ''

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'' fictional character

Places

In Ireland

* Turlough, a village in County Mayo * Turlough Hill, an electricity generating station in County Wicklow

References

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