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It is the Irish version of Turlough or Tarlach.
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You should pronounce this name as "Turlow".
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Probably this name came from vikings. Toir is the Gaelic form of Thor, the Nordic god of thunder and dhyealbhach means a "shape" in Gaelic.
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This, I tell you, would make teachers have migraines when taking attendance!
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Toird- wait what?
T- Let me pull myself together
Toi- Ugh
Toirdh-Too hard
Toirdhea- Ugh, I give up.
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T- Let me pull myself together
Toi- Ugh
Toirdh-Too hard
Toirdhea- Ugh, I give up.
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Other form are Toirdelbach, Tairrdelbach. [noted -ed]
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Pronunciation: http://forvo.com/search/Toirdhealbhach/
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This is a name that would give teachers hell when calling roll.
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This name is hilarious. Such an awesome example of how ridiculous Gaelic can get with all the unnecessary letters.
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This name is not common in Ireland. I've never came across it. Most people wouldn't even know how to pronounce it.
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Well, I guess you nickname your kid Turtle. :)
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It's not pronounced "tor-YEL-uv-akh" at all! It's pronounced the same way as TURLOUGH. Which is simply tu-ar-loch or tur-loch.
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Yuck. This is the ugliest of all the unanglicized Irish names. This name is too long, very ugly, and will never be spelled correctly by the average person. It's quite pretentious and foreign-sounding.
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Um. Good luck teaching your kid how to spell this frighteningly long and weird name.
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Can you imagine a child trying to learn to spell that? It would be really hard for an adult to spell as well, never mind pronounce! But somehow I find the name enchanting. But I couldn't ever use it. Too much hard work!
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It kind of looks like what you would get if your cat walked over your keyboard.
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Although I would never use the name, I do love the spelling of it.
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Turlough Carolan (Irish name Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin, 1670 - March 25, 1738) was a blind, itinerant Irish harper, composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He was the last great Irish harper-composer and is considered by many to be Ireland's national composer. Harpers in the old Irish tradition were still living as late as 1792, as ten, including Arthur O'Neill, Patrick Quin and Denis O'Hampsey, showed up at the Belfast Harp Festival, but there is no proof of any of these being composers. Carolan's own compositions already showed influence from the style of continental classical music.
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Pronounced "tor-YEL-uv-akh".
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This name is frightening and if you like it, you're crazy! It is much too long.
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Guess I'm crazy, then. Like no one knew that already. Too bad it's so hard to spell.
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I think I would rather be named Investigator!
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Regardless, this is an interesting historical name, I really like the meaning :D.