Tuam

Tuam is a town in Ireland and the second one largest settlement in County Galway. It is located west of the midlands of Ireland, about 35 km north of Galway metropolis. Human lifestyles in the region dates to the Bronze Age while the historic duration dates from the 6th century. The city became increasingly crucial in the eleventh and 12th centuries in political and non secular elements of Ireland. The market-based totally layout of the city and rectangular suggests the importance of trade.

The report of human agreement in Tuam dates again to the Bronze Age while an area adjacent to Shop Street changed into used as a burial ground. The name Tuam is a cognate with the Latin term tumulus. The city's ancient call became Tuaim Da Ghualann, i.E. The burial mound of shoulders. The call possibly refers to the high floor on both side of the River Nanny, overlooking a probable fording factor over the River Nanny. In 1875, a Bronze Age burial urn changed into found within the place by using workmen, relationship from c.1500 B.C. An early glass photo nevertheless exists.