Toome | |
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The bridge over the River Bann at Toome (built 2004) | |
Location within Northern Ireland | |
Population | 781 (2011 census) |
Irish grid reference | H9990 |
• Belfast | 24 |
District | |
County | |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ANTRIM |
Postcode district | BT41 |
Dialling code | 028 |
UK Parliament | |
NI Assembly | |
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]