placenamesToome
Tuaim
Lewis recorded an acre of donated land and residential accommodation within the parish school.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Tuaim · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Toome · English · main form
Place & story
School provision in 1837
The parochial school in Toome parish stood on an acre of land given by the Earl of Mountnorris, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. Its building included apartments for the master, combining teaching accommodation with a residence. Subscriptions contributed to its support, and about forty children attended. Lewis counted a further 120 children across three private schools and recorded a Sunday school separately. He used the spelling Tomb for the parish that included Camolin. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Gorey
- Barony
- Scarawalsh
- Coordinates
- 52.61773, -6.40952
- Mapped area
- 23.21 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2636 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Toome. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tomb — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-02-20. How this page was prepared.