What is "forrestal"

Forrestal may refer to:

• James Forrestal (1892–1949), United States Secretary of Defense
• USS Forrestal, United States Navy aircraft carrier
• 1967 USS Forrestal fire, a deadly fire aboard the USS Forrestal
• Forrestal Range, a mountain range in Antarctica
• James V. Forrestal Building, headquarters of the United States Department of Energy
• The James Forrestal Campus of Princeton University in Plainsboro Township, New Jersey
• Forrestal Village a mixed-use development near Princeton, New Jersey
• Michael Forrestal one of the leading aides to McGeorge Bundy, the national security adviser of President John F. Kennedy
• Forrestal, a surname of Irish origin

Forrestal or Forristal ( Irish: Ó Fuireastal), is an Irish surname common in the southeast of Ireland, namely in Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford.