Túathal

Tuathal (Old Irish: 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".

tuathal 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 Ó Tuathail (Old Irish: 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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