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Extract from the Tuam Travel Guides:
Northeast County Galway is served chiefly by the small market town of
TUAM
(pronounced
choom
, from the Gaelic
Tuaim
meaning "grave mound"). There's little here to detain you, but should you wish to sniff out the scant remnants of the town's former importance, have a look inside the Church of Ireland
cathedral
on Galway Road. It's primarily a nineteenth-century building, but survivals from the twelfth-century chancel include a magnificent Romanesque arch, showing strong signs of Scandinavian influence, and the accompanying east window. The shaft of an ornamented high cr...
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