Tuaim/Toome

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Hierarchy

townland

Tuaim

genitive: Thuama

validated name (What is this?)

(Irish)

Toome

(English)

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Glossary

tuaim

English (grave-)mound, burial-place

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Baollaigh/Boylagh

civil parish

Leitir Mhic an Bhaird/Lettermacaward

electoral division

Leitir Mhic an Bhaird/Lettermacaward

Centrepoint

54.8615, -8.31671latitude, longitude

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Properties

GGaeltacht

Archival records

Historical references

1659	Tum	Cen. Leathanach: 48 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1835	Tuam 'echo, sound, the sound of the sea'	Cannon, Sgt. Major:AL (DG) Cannon, Sgt. Major, faisnéiseoir in AL, Leitir Mhic an Bhaird, Baollaigh, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Lettermacaward, Boylagh, Co. Donegal.
1835	Tuaim 'a mound'	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1835	Tuam 'echo'	Quinn, Mr.:AL (DG) Quinn, Mr., faisnéiseoir in AL, Leitir Mhic an Bhaird, Baollaigh, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Lettermacaward, Boylagh, Co. Donegal.
1835	Toam	Rec. Name:AL Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1952	Tuaim	Glún. Ros. Na Glúnta Rosannacha le Niall Ó Domhnaill

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