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

Glossary

English (grave-)mound, burial-place

Centrepoint

53.8508, -7.49239latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1604
Aghtoome ?
suíomh amhrasach
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 1 Jac.1
1620
Toome
CPR Leathanach: 491b
1629
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Cotton Map
1654-56
Toome
CS X Leathanach: 45
1659
Aghtoome ?
suíomh amhrasach
Cen. Leathanach: 457
c.1660
Toome
BSD Leathanach: 161
1668
Toome
ASE Leathanach: 161
1669
Toome
ASE Leathanach: 203
1669
Toome
ASE Leathanach: 211
1709
Toome
CGn. Leathanach: 6.163.1684
1715
Toom
CGn. Leathanach: 16.146.7139
1836
Toome
BS:AL
1836
Tomedoochan
Mícheart. Dar le Hib. Del. & Cotton bhí bf. “Tomdoghan”/ “Tomdroghan” i mbar. Ardagh atá imithe anois
Inq. J I:AL
1836
Tom, “a bush”
OD:AL
1836
Tŏm
pl:AL
1836
Pronounced Tŭm
pron.:AL
1836
The people would not know it as Toome
Nóta:AL
1836
Toome
Dopping, J.:AL
1908
Thum, Tom, “a thicket” .. “It is politely, but corruptly, now written and pronounced “Toome”.”
MacGivney Leathanach: 212
2007
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