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Tiney or Tinney or Tyney / Used as variants for Mac Atinney, which see, in Co. Donegal - North West Ulster.

Tinnelly / See Tenneny.

Tinsley / English toponymic origins / They were in Ulster / Townsley also used there synonymously, which see.

Tipper / English origins / They were in Co. Kildare - Central Leinster in the Baronies of Naas & Salt since 1300.

Tirry / See Terry.

Tivnan or Tinan / See Tynan.

O Toal / Irish - Ui Tuathail / A Sept - Family branch who had their territory in Co. Monaghan - Southern Ulster / Not connected to O Toole.

Tobin / Norman origins / From St. Aubyn in Brittany / Gaelicized as Toibin / Came with the Anglo - Norman Invasion / In the 13th Century moved to Co. Kilkenny - Western Leinster & Co. Tipperary - Northern Munster / Unofficial Barons of Coursey in the Middle Ages who became "More Irish then the Irish."

Todd /

Toher or Togher / See Tougher.

O Tohill or Toghill / Originally O Tuohill / Irish - Ui Tuathail / A Sept - Family branch who had their territory at Desertoghill in Co. Derry - North East Ulster.

O Toland or Tolan or Toolan or Thulis / Irish - Ui Tuathalain /  A Sept - Family branch who had their territory in Ulster where they are known as Toland / Some went with the Ui Conaill O Donnells into Co. Mayo - Mid Western Connacht were they are known as Tolan / In Achil they are known as Thulis.

O Tolarg / A Sept - Family branch who were Kings in their territory in Co. Westmeath - North West Leinster.

O Tole / Used for O Toole, which see, in Co. Down - South East Ulster.

O Toler or Toller / Irish - Ui Talchair / A Sept - Family branch  who had their territory in Co. Leitrim - Northern Connacht.

Toler / tollere - tax gather / French English origins / They were in Co. Tipperary - Northern Munster in the 17th Century

O Tolleran / Irish - Ui Talcharain - talcar - obstinate /  A Sept - Family branch who had their territory in Co. Mayo - Mid West Connacht.

O Tomalty / A Sept - Family branch who had their territory in Co. Tyrone - Central Ulster.

O Toman / Irish - Ui Tuamain / A Sept - Family branch who had their territory in Co. Tyrone - Central Ulster .

Mac Tomulty / See Tumelty.

Tone / tun - enclosure - village / English origins / They were in Co. Dublin - Mid Eastern Leinster in the 16th Century.

O Toner or Tonry / Irish - Ui Tomrair / A Heremonian Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill Sept - Family branch of the Cenel nEogain who had their territory on the banks of the River Foyle in Co. Donegal - North West Ulster / They migrated into Co. Derry - North East Ulster & Co. Armagh - South East Ulster. *88.Eogain.

Tonge / English origins / They have been in Co. Wexford - South East Leinster since the 17th Century.

O Tonra / Used as a variant for Toner & Tonry, which see, in Co. Mayo - Mid Western Connacht.

O Tooher / Used as a variant for Tougher, which see.

O Toohill / Used as a variant for O Toole, which see, in the south of Munster.

O Toohy / Used as a variant for Tuohy, which see, in Munster.

Tooke / See Tuke.

O Toolan / See Tolan.

O Toole / Irish - Ui Tuathail - ruler of the people / A Sept - Family branch who had their territory in Ulster.

O Toole / Irish - Ui Tuathail / A Heremonian Dal Cuinn Sept - Family branch who had their  territory in Co. Mayo - Mid Western & Co. Galway - South Western Connacht.

O Toole / Irish - Ui Tuathail / A Heremonian Cu Corb Sept - Family branch of the Ui Dunlainge Tuath - Family region who are descended from *84.Cu "Corb" the direct ancestor of the Kings of Leinster / They were the most prominent Sept initially descended directly from Tuathal / Toole the King of Leinster who died in 958 AD / His grandson, Doncan who was slain at Leighlin in 1014 AD was the first to use his name / In the 12th Century the Anglo – Normans  drove them out of their original territory in Co. Kildare - Central Leinster where they were Kings, & Chiefs into Co. Wicklow - South East Leinster around the Glen of Imaah near Glendalough / There they ruled their new territory for 500 years as Princes against the English domination and were noted fighters, known as the "ferocious" O Tooles, surviving as a Native Celtic Gaelic Family until the 17th Century in 2 Septs at Powerscourt - Castle Kevin / They had their ancient burial place in the Reefert Church at Glendalough and their fortress was at Glenmalure - Maoiliura’s Valley in the Co. Wicklow Mountains - The Vale of Glendalough and the Sugar Loaf Mountains, Enniskerry & Dargle near Bray where the English Earl Lord Powerscourt later was to have 26,000 acres / It had been originally seized from the Irish Families in that region after the Anglo - Norman Invasion by de La Poer who was with Strongbow / It was later retaken by the  two Ui Dunlainge Tuaths, the O Byrnes & O Tooles during Henry VIII’s reign / It was then later retaken and given to the Talbots until 1608 when it was then given by the English King, James 1st to Sir Richard Wingfield who was created Lord Powerscourt in 1618. *84.Cu "Corb."

O Tormey / A Sept - Family branch who had their territory in Co. Galway - Southern Connacht.

O Toolis / See Thulis.

O Tooman / See Toman.

O Toomey / See Twomey.

O Toorish / Irish - Ui Tuaruis -  tuaruisc - tidings / Used as a variant for Houriskey & Horish, which see / Also known as Tidings & Tydings, which see.

Toppin or Topping / Actually Turpin / English origins / They were in Co. Kilkenny - Western Leinster in 1409 & Co. Armagh - South East Ulster in 1664.

Toran / See Thoran.

Torkington / See Turkington.

Mac Torley / See Turley.

*Irish Heritage                                      +On to Tormey - Trower

                                                                          

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