Talk:Tuam
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[edit] 2006 posts
Removed the phrase repeating that Tuam is offically a town, as I think it's already clear from the description that it's a town in Galway. This also makes my comment about the two cathederal read a little better. Aside, I went to school in Tuam, and always heard that it was the fact it had two cathederals was the defining factor in the rumour it was really a city, not just one. Also I recall that Blockbuster (the quiz show) had Tuam as the answer to a question smallest city in the world. Small town, big ambitions, eh? :) MartinRe 21:58, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Technically, there are tons of smaller cities worldwide. Some can have a population of only a few people. So if someone won that quiz show by answering "Tuam", they won it on false knowledge. But, a cathedral is no longer the foundation of a city, Drogheda, Monaghan and Clougher, but to name a few are all Irish towns/villages, not cities. 20:50, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
There is no mention of the legend surrounding St. Jarlath and the foundation of the town, or the fact it was once the seat of the high king of Ireland around the 12th century. (Leninbenjamin 12:19, 5 April 2006 (UTC))
[edit] Crimes
In 1742 John Bodkin killed 11 members of his family and acquaintances at his father's house in Truam according to [this]. Might be worth mentioning, especially if he's related to John Bodkin Adams the suspected serial killer. Malick78 (talk) 21:27, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
