Ó Tuathaigh

Rev Patrick Woulfe
Irish Names and Surnames
1923

Ó TUATHAIGH—I—O Twohy, O Towie, Twohy, Twoohy, Tuohy, Touhy, Toohy, Tuhy, Tooey, Towey; 'descendant of Tuathach' (rustic; also a lord); the name of a branch of the Ui Maine who were originally seated at Aughrim, in Co. Galway. At the end of the 16th century, it was not uncommon in many parts of Munster, especially in Co. Cork, and also in Offaly and Donegal. In Co. Cork, the final g is sometimes pronounced.

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