How do you pronounce Tuathal?

Tuathal is pronounced “TOO-hal”. Irish has three main dialect groups (Ulster, Connacht and Munster) and many names are said differently in each. The respellings here give the pronunciation most commonly heard in Irish English; where a well-known variant exists, both are shown.

Is Tuathal a boy's or a girl's name?

Tuathal is traditionally a boy's name in Ireland.

How else is Tuathal spelled?

Other spellings and equivalents include Toal, Tully. Irish names were written down by English-speaking clerks for centuries, which is why so many spellings survive for one name.

Boy's name

Tuathal

“TOO-hal”

'people-mighty'

ToalTully

Source: Woulfe, Irish Names and Surnames (1923) ↗

The story behind the name

Once rather common, now very rare. Tuathal Techtmar is the legendary high king said to have imposed the Boruma tribute on Leinster — the cattle-debt that caused six hundred years of war in the annals.

Meanings follow Ó Corráin & Maguire's Irish Names and Woulfe; pronunciations give the commonest Irish-English form. Know this name better — a dialect pronunciation, a family tradition? Tell us. · All Irish names A–Z