O'Toole Ancestry from O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees
36 pages, ebooklet in printable Adobe PDF Text Format
Published 2001 by Andrew J. Morris.

This wonderful work extracts the O'Toole (Tool, Toole, Toohill, Touhill, Towell, etc.) lines of descent all the way from ADAM and EVE down to persons living in 1883. The earliest parts of the lineage are derived from the Bible, the central part from Irish folklore and ancient manuscripts, while the more recent portions are derived from records available to the author. Several lines of descent are described, mostly extending 136 generations down from Adam. The primay line was from the traditional homeland of the O'Toole clan in Hy-Muircadaigh, county Kildare, and later Imaile (county Wicklow) and in addition to people living in Wicklow in 1883, embraces people living in Dublin and even St. Louis in the U.S.A. The Wicklow branch were once the lords of Powerscourt. Another branch leads to Joseph Laurent O'Toole, living in France in 1883. Yet another branch moved to Connaught, with representatives settled at Omey in county Galway, and individuals who later moved Kilcogny, in the co. Cavan, and even back to Dublin.

The O'Toole ancestry includes many illustrious ancestors, including kings of all Ireland, kings of Leinster, and princes and chieftains of the clan itself, a powerful force in Leinster up until the 1600's. Like most of the prominent families of Ireland, they descend ultimately from Milesius, the Celtic warrior whose sons claimed Ireland as their Isle of Destiny. The line extends through Ugaine Mór, the 66th Monarch of all Ireland, whose dominion extended to all the islands of western Europe, and who married Caesair, daughter of the King of France, by whom he had 22 sons and three daughters! He was slain in B.C. 593 by Badhbhchadh. The line continues through Nuadhas Neacht, 96th Monarch of all Ireland, and the great-grandfather of the famed Fionn, son of Cubhall, better know as Finn MacCoole. The lineage is not without blemish, as for example the evil Dunlong, son of Enna Niadh, who slew the Royal maidens at the Claenfert of Tara. But others were literally saints, as in St. Coman, St. Sedealbh and St. Cumaine, among others.

This fascinating pedigree gives more than just names, including in many cases much of the history of these O'Tooles (and their ancestors) and the significant roles they played in Irish History. Extensive footnotes provide even more historical context, and additional information from other noted authorities.

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