(O)Toole;
Variant Spellings; Toal, Toale, Tohill, Tohull, Toole, Tolley Toughill, Tuhill.
When Christianity came to Ireland it produced many holy men who were known locally as saints, yet the only Irish canonized saint belongs to the O’Toole family. St. Laurence O'Toole (1132-1182) was Archbishop of Dublin when he fought against the Anglo-Norman invasion in 1171.
The O’Tooles have a remarkable record for resisting the English, and in this the were aided by the wooded and mountainous nature of their territory around Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. The family was influential in nominating the Abbot of Glendalough and the bishop of that diocese.
Today members of the family are to be found in Dublin City and in the counties of Dublin and Wicklow. There are also O’Tooles to be found in Galway and Mayo. There is a minor sept of the O’Tooles in Co. Monaghan where the name is usually corrupted to Toal.
In Irish the name is O Tuathail or descendant of Tuathal.
O’Tooles without number have resisted the English invasion of their country and they were also prominent in the various Irish brigades in the service of European monarchs.
When Hugh O’Donnell escaped from Dublin castle in 1590 he took refuge with Felim O’Toole in Glenmalure.
Captain Luke O’Toole was guillotined as an aristocrat during the French Revolution. The eldest son of Laurence O’Toole (b 1722), an officer in the Irish Brigade of the French Army, Col. John O’Toole (d. 1823) was made a Count of France. He is the ancestor of the present Count O’Toole of Limoges.
Coat of Arms
O'Toole
Where the Family Lived (Blue Area)
Addresses for More Information
Ireland
Centre for Irish Genealogical and Local Studies, Carraig, Cliff Road, Windgates, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. (Sean Murphy, MA, Director)
General Register Office, 8-11 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 671 1000
Website http://www.doh.ie/manual/chap4/gere.htm
National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 478 3711
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 603 0200
Website www.heanet.ie/natlib
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 66 Balmoral Street, Belfast BT9 6NYY, Northern Ireland
Telephone (01232) 251319.
Website http://proni.nics.gov.uk/index.htm
University College Dublin, Adult Education Office, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Website http://www.ucd.ie/delltti
Britain
Family Records Centre, London, England.
Website http://pro.gov.uk/about/frc/default.htm
Public Records Office, Kew, Surrey, England.
Website http://www.pro.gov.uk
General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Website http://www.open.gov.uk/index.html
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales.
Website http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.htm
North America
Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, Family History Information, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Website http://lds.org/en/ 2 how do I begin/0- how do I begin.html
Family Tree Maker’s Genealogy Site
Website http://www.familytreemaker.com/index.html
The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA), P.O. Box 619 Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.
Website http://tiari.ie
Irish Genealogical Society International, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Website http://www.rootsweb.com irish/index.html
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Massachusetts, USA.
Website http://nehgs.org/main-01.htm
Australasia
Genealogical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Website http://www.alphalink.com/au/esv
National Archives of Australia, Canberra, Australia.
Website http://www.aa.gov.au/AA_WWW/AA_Home_Page.html
National Archives of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Website http://www.archives.dia.gov.nz
List of Links
Cyndi’s List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet: Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Website http://www.cyndilist.com/ireland.htm
UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service.
Website http://www.genuki.org.uk
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