Turlough may refer to:

Places

Turlough (lake) A turlough (turloch or turlach in Irish) is a seasonal or periodic water body found mostly in limestone karst areas of Ireland, west of the River Shannon. The name comes from the Irish ''tur'', meaning "dry", and ''loch'', meaning "lake". The w ...

, a transient waterbody, common in Ireland, fed by groundwater *

Turlough, County Mayo Turlough, (: in particular, a seasonal lake) is a village in County Mayo, Ireland, 6 km northeast of Castlebar. It is known for the presence of the Museum of Country Life (part of the National Museum of Ireland), and for its well-preser ...

, Ireland, a village *

Turlough Hill Turlough Hill (), also known as Tomaneena (), is a mountain in County Wicklow in Ireland and site of Ireland's only pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant. The power station is owned and operated by the ESB and can generate up to of electricit ...

, a mountain in Ireland

People

Toirdelbach Toirdhealbhach () is a masculine Irish given name. Forms of the name include ''Tarlach'' and ''Traolach''. It is often anglicised Turlough. The name ultimately derives from "prompting", and originated as a byname meaning "instigator".eDILtairdelb ...

, a masculine Irish given name sometimes Anglicised as Turlough *

Turlough O'Brien Turlough O'Brien is a Gaelic football manager. He managed Carlow between 2014 and 2020. In the 2018 National Football League, O'Brien led the team out of Division 4. This was their first promotion in more than three decades. In the 2018 Lein ...

, Gaelic football manager *

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 ...

(1009–1086) Anglicised as Turlough O'Brien, King of Munster, effectively High King of Ireland *

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 ...

, fictional character from ''Doctor Who'' {{disambiguation, geo, given name