Tuam
Tuam is a town in County Galway, whose religious heritage is the main reason to visit. Tuam means tumulus or burial mound and there was a Bronze Age settlement here, but it was from the 6th century that the town grew as an ecclesiastical centre under St Jarlath.
- Town with about 8,200 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (140 feet)
- Description: town in County Galway, Ireland
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Jarlath’s Park.
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed…
St Jarlath’s Park
Stadium
St Jarlath's Park is a GAA stadium in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland.
Tuam Town Hall
Tuam Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square at Tuam, County Galway, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belclare.
Belclare
Belclare is a small village in County Galway, Ireland. Belclare is situated 6 km southwest of Tuam.
Tuam
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Latitude
53.5148° or 53° 30′ 53″ north
Longitude
-8.8513° or 8° 51′ 5″ west
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Open location code
9C5HG47X+WF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Tuam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “توام”
- Asturian: “Tuam”
- Basque: “Tuam”
- Breton: “Tuaim”
- Bulgarian: “Туам”
- Bulgarian: “Туъм”
- Catalan: “Tuam”
- Cebuano: “Tuam”
- Chinese: “图尔姆”
- Chinese: “圖爾姆”
- Chinese: “徒安”
- Chinese: “蒂厄姆”
- Czech: “Tuam”
- Danish: “Tuam”
- Dutch: “Tuam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “توام”
- French: “Tuam”
- Galician: “Tuaim”
- Galician: “Tuam - Tuaim”
- Galician: “Tuam”
- Georgian: “ტუამი”
- Georgian: “ჩუმი”
- German: “Tuam”
- Indonesian: “Tuaim”
- Indonesian: “Tuam”
- Irish: “Tuaim”
- Italian: “Tuam”
- Japanese: “チュアム”
- Korean: “퇌”
- Korean: “튜엄”
- Latin: “Thuemia”
- Latin: “Tuamum”
- Latin: “Tuemia”
- Latin: “Tuotuenensis”
- Lithuanian: “Tuamas”
- Macedonian: “Туам”
- Polish: “Tuam”
- Portuguese: “Tuam”
- Russian: “Туам”
- Russian: “Тьюам”
- Scots: “Tuam”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Tuaim”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Tuam”
- Serbian: “Чум”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tuam”
- Slovak: “Tuam”
- Slovenian: “Tuam”
- Spanish: “Tuam”
- Swedish: “Tuam”
- Ukrainian: “Туам”
- Urdu: “ٹیویم”
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