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The 3D model of Tuam: every building standing up, with the shops and services pinned

Tuam, street by street

The mound of two shoulders, a monastery, a market square laid out in 1613, and every building of the town it became.

Tuam is a town of 9,647 people, 30 km north-east of Galway city. This page is a working model of it: every one of its 6,657 buildings stands on the map above, and 223 shops, cafés, schools, churches and services have a page each, with the street, the hours where recorded, the nearest bus stop and car park, and a plan of the streets around it. Everything comes from open map data and says so.

Today
Weather in Tuam

Live forecast for the centre, hour by hour and the week ahead.

Buses, roads, parking
Getting to Tuam

30 km from Galway, 44 km from Knock, 6 bus stops, 5 car parks.

See and do
Things to do

Two cathedrals, the High Cross, the Mill Museum, castles, the market, football and golf.

Since bronze age
The history of Tuam

Jarlath's monastery, the high kings, Ireland's first stone castle, the 1613 square, the railway.

Facts
About the town

Population 9,647 at the 2022 census, where it is, what is here.

What is in Tuam

13 restaurants, 4 pubs, 13 shops, 2 hairdressers and beauty and 11 supermarkets and more, by kind. Each kind has a page listing every one, closest to the Square first.

Food and drink
Shops
Health
Services
Motoring
Community
Sport and leisure
Places to stay
Things to see
Other

All 67 kinds of place

Guides to Tuam

All 15 guides
The Cathedral of the Assumption on Bishop Street
Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Assumption, Tuam

The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Tuam, which covers half…

Joe Bergin in action for Mountbellew-Moylough in the 2015 Galway Senior Football Championship final at Tuam Stadium
Sport
Tuam Stadium

Tuam Stadium, St Jarlath's Park, is one of the main grounds of Galway's footballers: blessed and opened by Archbishop Walsh on 21 May…

Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) class 111 no. 111 taken during a photo stop at Tuam in Co. Galway during "The Western Enterprise" railtour organised by Southern
Transport
Tuam railway station

Tuam railway station opened in 1860 on the Waterford, Limerick and Western line from Limerick to Sligo, the only station between Athenry…

Photograph of the site of the mass grave at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, located in Tuam, County Galway, Republic of Ireland
History
The Tuam Mother and Baby Home

The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, St Mary's, ran in Tuam from 1925 to 1961 in the old workhouse of 1846, for Galway County Council:…

Castletown Railway Station from The Quiet Man
Transport
Ballyglunin railway station

Ballyglunin railway station near Tuam, opened in 1860 by the Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway on the Limerick to Claremorris…

Tuam High Cross
Transport
The N17 and the M17 at Tuam

The N17 begins at the Kilmore Roundabout in Tuam and runs 95 km north through Milltown, Claremorris, Knock and Tubbercurry to Collooney…

The Square, photographed by Robert French: the High Cross on its plinth, the Town Hall behind, carts where the cars now park
The Square, photographed by Robert French: the High Cross on its plinth, the Town Hall behind, carts where the cars now park
Robert French, no restrictions via Wikimedia Commons
Then
High Street today, looking towards the Square and the spire of the Cathedral of the Assumption
High Street today, looking towards the Square and the spire of the Cathedral of the Assumption
Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Now
Food and drink

Where to eat in Tuam

17 cafés, restaurants, takeaways and pubs on the map, 12 of them within 300 m of the Square. 4 have hours on record.

  1. Krugers BarBars · The Square
  2. Supermac'sTakeaways · The Square
  3. The Galway RoastCafés · Vicar Street
  4. McGinty'sPubs · The Square
  5. AbbeyCafés · The Square
  6. The Sportsman's InnPubs · Vicar Street
  7. Apache PizzaTakeaways · The Shambles
  8. Leaf and BeanCafés

Restaurants · Cafés · Takeaways · Pubs

Plan of Tuam with every place to eat marked

Every place to eat and drink as a pin; tap one for its page and directions.

Street by street

All 76 streets
  1. Vicar Street
    regional road R332 · 312 m
    18 places
  2. The Square
    regional road R923 · 101 m
    12 places
  3. Dublin Road
    regional road R332 · 3.9 km
    11 places
  4. Galway Road
    national road N83 · 2.8 km
    11 places
  5. High Street
    regional road R923 · 374 m
    6 places
  6. Bishop Street
    regional road R923 · 326 m
    4 places
  7. Milltown Road
    regional road R939 · 2.7 km
    4 places
  8. Ballygaddy Road
    regional road R332 · 2.3 km
    3 places
  9. Dunmore Road
    regional road R923 · 1.1 km
    3 places
  10. N17 Plaza
    road · 296 m
    3 places

Things to see around Tuam

The chancel arch, 1180s
The chancel arch, 1180s
ClintMalpaso, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral of the Assumption
Cathedral of the Assumption
Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Knockmoy Abbey, 1190
Knockmoy Abbey, 1190
DanielecDalton, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Castles, abbeys, old churches, beaches, viewpoints and parks within 12 km, closest first, plus 47 ringforts and ancient sites and 13 holy wells on their own pages.

  1. Tuam High CrossHigh crosses · 297 m
  2. The ParkParks · 481 m
  3. Ballygaddy HouseHistoric houses · 2.7 km
  4. Ballinderry CastleCastles · 5.8 km
  5. Castletown HouseHistoric houses · 5.9 km
  6. Castlemoyle HouseHistoric houses · 6.2 km
  7. Doonbeg FortRuins · 7.2 km
  8. LougharlaureenLakes · 7.7 km
  9. Fartamore Castle (ruins)Castles · 8.1 km

Castles · Ringforts · Holy wells · Hotels

Tuam in pictures

Photographs of the place and the country around it, each from an open archive and credited to the person who took it.

The High Cross of Tuam, 1152
The High Cross of Tuam, 1152
ClintMalpaso, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Temple Jarlath, where the town began
Temple Jarlath, where the town began
Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Castle Hackett
Castle Hackett
Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The view from Knockma
The view from Knockma
Jeoun, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The round tower at Kilbennan
The round tower at Kilbennan
Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Feartagar Castle
Feartagar Castle
Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The River Nanny
The River Nanny
Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Bringing home the turf, a Robert French photograph
Bringing home the turf, a Robert French photograph
Robert French, public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Questions people ask

Where is Tuam?
Tuam is in County Galway, in the west of Ireland, 30 km north-east of Galway city and 173 km west of Dublin.
What is the population of Tuam?
9,647 people at the 2022 census, up from 8,767 in 2016.
How far is Tuam from Galway?
30 km in a straight line from the Square to the centre of Galway city; the road is a little longer.
What is there to do in Tuam?
Two cathedrals, the 1152 High Cross, Temple Jarlath where the town began, the Mill Museum on the River Nanny, the Chair of Tuam, castles in the countryside around, a monthly market, Gaelic football at Tuam Stadium and golf.
What is the history of Tuam?
A Bronze Age burial mound gave it its name; Jarlath founded a monastery about 526; the O'Connors made it their stronghold from 1049 and the seat of the high kings of Ireland in the twelfth century, when it became an archbishopric and got Ireland's first stone castle; a royal charter of 1613 laid out the market square it still has.
What is the weather like in Tuam today?
The weather page shows the live forecast for the centre, hour by hour for the next day and day by day for the week.

How the model is built

The buildings are OpenStreetMap footprints, read on 2026-09-18, stood up to the height the map records or a plain two storeys where it records none. Streets, water and the base map come from the same project through OpenFreeMap. Places are the named shops, services and public buildings on the map; each has its own page.

A building takes the colour of the kind of place inside it: restaurants in red, pharmacies in green, schools in yellow. Nothing is invented to fill a gap: a missing fact is shown as missing, with a link to add it to the map. More about the model.