Anton O'Toole

Anton O'Toole (born c. 1951) is a former Dublin gaelic footballer and manager, who won four All-Ireland Senior Football Championships as a player.

He was educated at Synge Street CBS and formerly worked in the IT Department at Guinness Breweries (now Diageo) in Dublin.

Playing career

He won four All-Ireland Senior Football medals with Dublin. He won his first title in 1974 against Galway in a final that finished on a scoreline of 0-14 to 1-6. His second title was won in 1976 when Dublin beat rivals Kerry by seven points in a game that finished on a scoreline of 3-8 to 0-10. Anton's third title was achieved the following year when Dublin trounced Armagh in a game that finished on a scoreline of 5-12 to 3-6. After six years he finally lifted won his fourth all-Ireland medal against Galway in a repeat of his first title in 1974. Dublin defeated Galway by a scoreline of 1-10 to 1-8. During the period in which O'Toole played for Dublin, he won eight Leinster Senior Football Championship medals.

O'Toole

O'Toole is an Irish surname. It may refer to:

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Other uses

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O'Toole (surname)

People

O'Toole family

The O'Tooles of Leinster, one of the leading families of that province, are descended from Tuathal Mac Augaire, King of Leinster (died 958), who belonged to the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish Ó Tuathail.

Their original territory comprised the southern part of the present County Kildare but they were driven from it during the Anglo Norman invasion and settled in the mountains of what is now County Wicklow around Glendalough.

Here, with their kinsmen the O'Byrne family, they were noted for their tough resistance to English domination for four centuries; including exercising great influence over the foundation of the Confederation of Kilkenny in 1642 in what had become Confederate Ireland.

At the start of the 16th century, there were five great houses, all, owing allegiance to "The O'Toole of Powerscourt" as the recognized chief: