The O'Tooles of Leinster, one of the leading families of that province are decended from Tuathal, son of Ughaire, King of Leinster who died in the year 956 AD. The name is irish for O'Tuathail.
Here, with their kinsmen, the O'Byrnes they were noted for their resistance to English Domination for four centuries. Throughout their history the family were famous as soldiers, from fighting the English in the glens of Wicklow to serving in the armies of other european countries in the 18th century, never the English Army, that would a betrayal of their clan and country.
Saint Laurence O'Toole was an archbishop of Glendalough and in 1171 AD, while he was Archbishop of Dublin he took up arms against the Anglo Norman invaders.
Colonel John O'Toole of the Irish Brigade in France was created a count and is the ancestor of the present Count O'Toole of Limoges.
A branch of the O'Tooles are also settled in counties Galway and Mayo.
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