Túathal

Túathal is an Irish male name meaning [ruling 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".

Túathal is also the Modern Irish for movement anticlockwise or widdershins, 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:

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:

See also

  • Túathalán (died 749), abbot of Cennrígmonaid, modern St Andrews
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