Details for the forename Toirdhealbhach

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Toirdhealbhach (male)


Variants:	Terence (M) Traolach (M) Turley (M) Turlough (M)
Diminutive(s):	Tárlach (M) Teàrlach (M)
Feminine form:	Teàrlag (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Irish Gaelic, possibly meaning "instigator". There is a folk belief that the name derives from the Norse god of Thunder, Porr, but this is not established [ONC]. Anglicized as Terence, Turlough or Turley.