Toormakeady

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title: "Toormakeady" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["gaeltacht-places-in-county-mayo", "towns-and-villages-in-county-mayo", "gaeltacht-towns-and-villages", "waterfalls-of-the-republic-of-ireland"] topic_path: "geography/ireland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toormakeady" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
official_name	Tuar Mhic Éadaigh
other_name	Toormakeady
settlement_type	Gaeltacht
image_skyline	Waterfall at Toormakeady.jpg
image_caption	Toormakeady Falls
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	none
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Connacht
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	County Mayo
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	172.26
population_as_of	2011
population_footnotes
population_total	1,007
population_density_km2	auto
coordinates
elevation_m	58
blank_name	Irish grid reference
blank_info
website
footnotes	Tuar Mhic Éadaigh is the only official name. Toormakeady and Tourmakeady are anglicisations.
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Toormakeady or Tourmakeady (, the official name) is a Gaeltacht in south County Mayo in the west of Ireland. It is located between the shores of Lough Mask and the Partry Mountains, and covers 172.26 sqkm. As at the time of the 2011 census, Toormakeady had a total population of 1,007, having dropped from 1,150 in 1991. Toormakeady is also the name of the principal village in the area.

Those parts of Ballinchalla Electoral District in Toormakeady and the whole of the Owenbrin Electoral District in Toormakeady together comprise nearly half of the land area of Toormakeady and were previously parts of County Galway. In 1898 they were transferred to County Mayo.

From the time of the Great Famine of the mid-1840s onwards, the Toormakeady area has experienced a high level of emigration. Many descendants of emigrants return every year to find their roots. The genealogical records for this area have been computerised at the South Mayo Family Research Centre in nearby Ballinrobe to make the task of tracing roots easier.

On 3 May 1921, during the Irish War of Independence the Irish Republican Army south Mayo flying column of around 30 men together with a small number of men from east Mayo mounted an ambush at Toormakeady. The events of this day have been written about in Donal Buckley's book The Battle of Tourmakeady.

The English actor Robert Shaw, best known for his work in From Russia with Love, Jaws and The Sting, lived in Drimbawn House, Toormakeady until his death in 1978. Television producer Máire Ní Thuathail was born in Toormakeady in 1957.

The local sport clubs in Toormakeady include, CLG Thuar Mhic Éadaigh and Partry Athletic Football Club.

References

Census of Ireland 2011: Population (Number) by Gaeltacht, Sex and Census Year 2011: Ballinrobe Rural Gaeltacht Areas, Co. Mayo; Both sexes 1,007 - Gaeltacht is as defined by the Gaeltacht Areas Orders, 1956 to 1982
[https://www.logainm.ie/en/1375331] Placenames Database of Ireland.
[https://archive.today/20120904000712/http://www.mayolibrary.ie/maps/data/townlands/AII.htm Toormakeady East] Mayo County Library. Retrieved: 2012-04-16.
[http://www.mayolibrary.ie/maps/data/townlands/AIJ.htm Toormakeady Mountain] {{webarchive. link. (4 August 2012 Mayo County Library. Retrieved: 2012-04-16.)
[http://www.mayolibrary.ie/maps/data/townlands/AIK.htm Toormakeady West] {{webarchive. link. (4 August 2012 Mayo County Library. Retrieved: 2012-04-16.)
Area of those districts comprising the Toormakeady/South Mayo Gaeltacht: Ballinchalla Electoral District having 17 sq. miles; those parts of Ballyovey Electoral District comprising the townlands Derrassa, 2.05 sq. miles; Gortbunacullin, 1.88 sq. miles; Shanvallyard, 0.92 sq. miles; Shangort, 0.42 sq. miles and Tawnagh, 0.93 sq. miles (total: 6.2 sq. miles); Cappaghduff Electoral District comprising 18.4 sq. miles; Owenbrin Electoral District comprising 23.4 sq. miles; that part of the Portroyal Electoral District comprising the townland of Srah itself comprising 1.51 sq. miles; TOTAL: 66.51 sq. miles
"CSO census results of 1991 for Gaeltacht areas".
2011 census results for the following areas which together comprise the South Mayo Gaeltacht: Baile an Chalaidh (formerly ''Ballinchalla''): pop. 226; 17 square miles; Baile Óbha (part) (formerly ''Ballinchalla'' (part)):pop. 170; 6.2 square miles [Townlands: Derrassa (2.05 sq m.), Gortbunacullin (1.88 sq m.), Shanvallyard (0.92 sq m.), Shangort (0.42 sq. m.) and Tawnagh (0.93 sq.m.)]; An Cheapaigh Dhuibh (formerly ''Ballinchalla''): pop 342; 17 square miles; Abhainn Bhrain (formerly ''Owenbrin''): pop 241; 23.4 square miles; Partraí (part) (formerly ''Portroyal'' (part); townland of Srah): pop. 28; 1.51 square miles. TOTALS: Area - 66.51 sq. miles; Population - 1,007
"The Mayo News".
Buckley, D., 2008. The Battle of Tourmakeady. Fact or fiction. A study of the IRA ambush and its aftermath.
O'toole, Connie. "Robert Shaw memorial unveiled in Mayo village". [[The Irish Times]].
"Death of TV producer and Tourmakeady native". www.mayonews.ie.

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