Tuar Mhic Éadaigh
Toormakeady or Tourmakeady (Tuar Mhic Éadaigh, the official name) is a Gaeltacht in south County Mayo in the west of Ireland. It is located between the shores of Lough Mask and the Partry Mountains, and covers 172.26 sqkm. Toormakeady is also the name of the principal village in the area.
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Those parts of Ballinchalla Electoral District in Toormakeady and the whole of the Owenbrin Electoral District in Toormakeady together comprise nearly half of the land area of Toormakeady and were previously parts of County Galway. In 1898 they were transferred to County Mayo. From the time of the Great Famine of the mid-1840s onwards, the Toormakeady area has experienced a high level of emigration. Many descendants of emigrants return every year to find their roots. The genealogical records for this area have been computerised at the South Mayo Family Research Centre in nearby Ballinrobe to make the task of tracing roots easier. On 3 May 1921, during the Irish War of Independence the Irish Republican Army south Mayo flying column of around 30 men together with a small number of men from east Mayo mounted an ambush at Toormakeady. The events of this day have been written about in Donal Buckley's book The Battle of Tourmakeady. The English actor Robert Shaw, best known for his work in From Russia with Love, Jaws and The Sting, lived in Drimbawn House, Toormakeady until his death in 1978. Television producer Máire Ní Thuathail was born in Toormakeady in 1957. The local sport clubs in Toormakeady include, CLG Thuar Mhic Éadaigh and Partry Athletic Football Club.
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Tuar Mhic Éadaigh is a place documented in the authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Tuar Mhic Éadaigh as an inhabited place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record County Mayo as the administrative unit of Tuar Mhic Éadaigh.
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Key facts
• Official Name — Tuar Mhic Éadaigh • Other Name — Toormakeady • Type — Gaeltacht • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Ireland • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Connacht • Subdivision Type3 — County • Subdivision Name3 — County Mayo • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — 172.26 • Population As Of — 2011 • Population Total — 1,007 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Elevation M — 58 • Custom Label Sec1 — Irish grid reference • Website — tourmakeady.com • Footnotes — Tuar Mhic Éadaigh is the only official name. Toormakeady and Tourmakeady are anglicisations.
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- 1.Census of Ireland 2011: Population (Number) by Gaeltacht, Sex and Census Year 2011: Ballinrobe Rural Gaeltacht Areas, Co. Mayo; Both sexes 1,007 - Gaeltacht is as defined by the Gaeltacht Areas Orders, 1956 to 1982
- 2.https://www.logainm.ie/en/1375331 Placenames Database of Ireland.
- 3.Mayo County Library. Retrieved: 2012-04-16.
- 4.Toormakeady Mountain Mayo County Library. Retrieved: 2012-04-16.
- 5.Toormakeady West Mayo County Library. Retrieved: 2012-04-16.
- 6.Area of those districts comprising the Toormakeady/South Mayo Gaeltacht: Ballinchalla Electoral District having 17 sq. miles; those parts of Ballyovey Electoral District comprising the townlands Derrassa, 2.05 sq. miles; Gortbunacullin, 1.88 sq. miles; Shanvallyard, 0.92 sq. miles; Shangort, 0.42 sq. miles and Tawnagh, 0.93 sq. miles (total: 6.2 sq. miles); Cappaghduff Electoral District comprising 18.4 sq. miles; Owenbrin Electoral District comprising 23.4 sq. miles; that part of the Portroyal Electoral District comprising the townland of Srah itself comprising 1.51 sq. miles; TOTAL: 66.51 sq. miles
- 7.CSO census results of 1991 for Gaeltacht areas.
- 8.2011 census results for the following areas which together comprise the South Mayo Gaeltacht: Baile an Chalaidh (formerly Ballinchalla): pop. 226; 17 square miles; Baile Óbha (part) (formerly Ballinchalla (part)):pop. 170; 6.2 square miles [Townlands: Derrassa (2.05 sq m.), Gortbunacullin (1.88 sq m.), Shanvallyard (0.92 sq m.), Shangort (0.42 sq. m.) and Tawnagh (0.93 sq.m.)]; An Cheapaigh Dhuibh (formerly Ballinchalla): pop 342; 17 square miles; Abhainn Bhrain (formerly Owenbrin): pop 241; 23.4 square miles; Partraí (part) (formerly Portroyal (part); townland of Srah): pop. 28; 1.51 square miles. TOTALS: Area - 66.51 sq. miles; Population - 1,007
- 9.The Mayo News. Mayonews.ie.
- 10.Buckley, D., 2008. The Battle of Tourmakeady. Fact or fiction. A study of the IRA ambush and its aftermath.
- 11.O'toole, Connie. Robert Shaw memorial unveiled in Mayo village. The Irish Times.
- 12.Death of TV producer and Tourmakeady native. www.mayonews.ie.
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