BROWSE
townland
Tuaim
genitive: Thuama
(Irish)
Toome
(English)

Glossary

English (grave-)mound, burial-place

Centrepoint

54.0066, -7.68406latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
Nóta
"Cf. Ao, Mu Tuaim (1980) DG, Lo Co, LG Toom TÁ Toem Tuaim Lú Toomes Na Toim "
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n/a
"Pinkman: Tuaim = A tomb or grave Tuaim, like the cognate Latin word tumulus, means, primarily, a hillock, but in a secondary sense the word was used to denote the mound, or tumulus, of earth and stones, raised over a grave. Tuaim seems to have differed from the carn in this – the ‘carn’ was made of stones usually fairly large ones, the ‘tuaim’ was made of either earth or stones. "
Nóta
"Arch.Inventory: Rath. At the S end of a N-S drumlin ridge (127). "
Nóta
1585
?Tuam Iwyre
F Leathanach: 4797
1660c
Tuaim
BSD Leathanach: 15
1734
Tuam
CGn. Leathanach: .76.21.53664
1817
Toam
Larkin (Li)
1834?
Tooam
TAB Leathanach: (60:16/9) 135
1834?
Toom
TAB Leathanach: (60:16/9) 137
1836
Toam
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Toam
BS:AL
1836
Tooam
Buck, H.:AL
1836
Toam
Larkin (Li)
1836
Tomb
HCSR:AL 
1836
Tuaim
"Tuam as in Cavan?" [pl]
pl:AL
1836
Tuaim
'a mound or tumulus'
OD:AL
1836
Toome
OD:AL
1836
Toome
"…one Danish fort…"
Desc. Rem.:AL

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