Toome

Toome
The bridge over the River Bann at Toome
(built 2004)
Toome is located in Northern Ireland
Toome
Toome
Location within Northern Ireland
Population781 (2011 census)
Irish grid referenceH9990
• Belfast24
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townANTRIM
Postcode districtBT41
Dialling code028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Antrim
54°45′N 6°28′W / 54.75°N 6.46°W / 54.75; -6.46

Toome or Toomebridge (from Irish Tuaim, meaning 'tumulus')[2] is a small 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,[2] and is in the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. It had a population of 781 in the 2011 census.[3]

  1. ^ "Leevin in tha Day of Quaen Victoria: Kintra dwallin-hooses". National Museums Northern Ireland. Ulstèr Fowk an Convoyin Museum. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "- Toomebridge". Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Toome". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

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