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About Tuam

Tuam, Tuaim in Irish, is a town in County Galway, 30 km north-east of Galway, with 8,200 people at the 2011 census. It stands on the M17, N17 and N83. The map gives it 7,549 buildings and 76 named streets, with 142 places named on them in 68 kinds, and 97 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the third largest of the 84 settlements this site covers in County Galway.

Population
8,200 at the 2011 census
Where
30 km north-east of Galway, 173 km from Dublin
Position
53.5148° N, 8.8513° W, 44 m above sea level
Area
13.21 km²
Roads
M17, N17, N83, R332, R347, R923, R939 and L2105
Governed
Galway County Council, in the province of Connacht
Twinned with
Straubing, Germany
On the model
7,549 buildings, 76 streets, 142 named places in 68 kinds
Market Square, Tuam, Co. Galway
Market Square, Tuam, Co. Galway·Robert French, no restrictions via Wikimedia Commons
The Tuam Cathedral for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam on Bishop Street in Tuam, County Galway, Republic of Ireland.
The Tuam Cathedral for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam on Bishop Street in Tuam, County Galway, Republic of Ireland.·Tony Webster from Portland, Oregon, United States, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Tuam in order

5 of the places on this map carry a date on Wikidata, running from the twelfth century to 1938. That is not a history of Tuam, and it is not written as one: it is the order in which the things still standing were built, which is the part a map can actually tell you.

the twelfth century1938Saint Marys CathedralArchbishop McHale College
The twelfth century
The nineteenth century
The twentieth century

County Galway since 1841

Every census of the county, which is the only way to see what happened to rural Ireland: the fall from the Famine runs for a century, and the recovery is recent.

440,198148,340277,73718412022

Source: Central Statistics Office, table F1001 'Population at Each Census', read through the PxStat API, read 2026-09-20.

What to see

Closest to the centre first, with how far each one is.

All 97 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the M17, N17, N83, R332, R347, R923, R939 and L2105 running through Tuam. 9 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

15 lines call at 27 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

8 school or colleges on the map.

Questions people ask

Where is Tuam?
In County Galway, in the province of Connacht, 30 km north-east of Galway and 173 km from Dublin, on the M17, N17 and N83.
How big is Tuam?
8,200 people at the 2011 census. On the map it is 7,549 buildings and 76 named streets.
What is there to see in Tuam?
97 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Tuam High Cross, The Park and Tober Kitty.
How do you get to Tuam?
15 bus and train lines call at 27 stops here in the published timetable, run by Burkesbus, Bus Feda and Bus Éireann.
Has County Galway grown or shrunk?
The census counted 440,198 people in the county in 1841 and 277,737 in 2022.
7,549
buildings on the model
76
named streets
142
named places
68
kinds of place

Buildings, streets, places, roads and position are OpenStreetMap, counted by this site rather than quoted from anywhere. Population, elevation, area and twinning are structured claims on Wikidata (item Q996691). County population is the Central Statistics Office. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable. Every sentence on this page is written from those numbers; none of it is copied from a description of the place.

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