Toome
Sign in to saveToome or Toomebridge () is a village and townland on the northwest corner of Lough Neagh in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies in the civil parish of Duneane in the former barony of Toome Upper, and is in Dunsilly electoral area of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council. It had a population of 1,017 in the 2021 census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Toome
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Toome
- UK place.irish_name
- Tuaim
- UK place.scots_name
- Toome Brig
- UK place.static_image_name
- Toome Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 78227.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The bridge over the River Bann at Toome(built 2004)
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.population
- 1,017
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.irish_grid_reference
- H9990
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- ANTRIM
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- townland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +781
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Toome Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 78227.jpg
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- County Antrim
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- History
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- Population
- 2021 census
- 2011 census
- 2001 census
- 1911 census
- Notable people
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- External links
Toome or Toomebridge () is a village and townland on the northwest corner of Lough Neagh in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies in the civil parish of Duneane in the former barony of Toome Upper, and is in Dunsilly electoral area of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council. It had a population of 1,017 in the 2021 census.
==History== In the 5th and/or 6th centuries, there was a woman in the parish of Duneane () known as Ercnat ingen Dáire. In 800 she was remembered as a saint but her cult was forgotten.