Editing Toormakeady

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{{Use Irish English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
|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 (state)|Ireland]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Connacht]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[County Mayo]]
|established_title      = 
|established_date       = 
|unit_pref              = Metric
|area_footnotes         = 
|area_total_km2         = 172.26
|population_as_of       = 2011
|population_footnotes   = <ref name="auto">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</ref>
|population             = 1,007
|population_urban       = 
|population_density_km2 = auto
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|elevation_footnotes    = 
|elevation_m            = 58
|blank_name             = [[Irish grid reference system|Irish grid reference]]
|blank_info             = {{iem4ibx|M097694}}
|website                = {{URL|tourmakeady.com}}
|footnotes              = ''Tuar Mhic Éadaigh'' is the only official name. ''Toormakeady'' and ''Tourmakeady'' are [[anglicisation]]s.
}}

'''Toormakeady'''<ref>[https://www.logainm.ie/en/1375331] Placenames Database of Ireland.</ref> or '''Tourmakeady''' ({{Irish place name|'''Tuar Mhic Éadaigh'''}}, the official name)<ref>[https://archive.today/20120904000712/http://www.mayolibrary.ie/maps/data/townlands/AII.htm Toormakeady East] Mayo County Library. Retrieved: 2012-04-16.</ref><ref>[http://www.mayolibrary.ie/maps/data/townlands/AIJ.htm Toormakeady Mountain] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804070430/http://www.mayolibrary.ie/maps/data/townlands/AIJ.htm |date=4 August 2012 }} Mayo County Library. Retrieved: 2012-04-16.</ref><ref>[http://www.mayolibrary.ie/maps/data/townlands/AIK.htm Toormakeady West] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804083907/http://www.mayolibrary.ie/maps/data/townlands/AIK.htm |date=4 August 2012 }} Mayo County Library. Retrieved: 2012-04-16.</ref> is a [[Gaeltacht]] in south [[County Mayo]] in the west of [[Ireland (state)|Ireland]]. It is located between the shores of [[Lough Mask]] and the [[Partry Mountains]], and covers {{convert|172.26|sqkm}}.<ref>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</ref> As at the time of the 2011 census, Toormakeady had a total population of 1,007, having dropped from 1,150 in 1991.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census1991results/volume1/C1991_V1_T18.pdf|title=CSO census results of 1991 for Gaeltacht areas|access-date=21 April 2019}}</ref><ref>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</ref> 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 (Ireland)|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 [[Tourmakeady ambush|an ambush]] at Toormakeady.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4059:fact-or-fiction&catid=16&Itemid=40|title=The Mayo News|website=Mayonews.ie|access-date=21 April 2019}}</ref> The events of this day have been written about in Donal Buckley's book ''The Battle of Tourmakeady''.<ref>Buckley, D., 2008. The Battle of Tourmakeady. Fact or fiction. A study of the IRA ambush and its aftermath.</ref>

The English actor [[Robert Shaw (British actor)|Robert Shaw]], best known for his work in ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'', ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' and ''[[The Sting]]'', lived in Drimbawn House,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/robert-shaw-memorial-unveiled-in-mayo-village-1.928584|title=Robert Shaw memorial unveiled in Mayo village|first=Connie|last=O'toole|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=21 April 2019}}</ref> Toormakeady until his death in 1978. Television producer [[Máire Ní Thuathail]] was born in Toormakeady in 1959.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death of TV producer and Tourmakeady native |url=https://www.mayonews.ie/news/28621-death-of-tv-producer-and-tourmakeady-native |work=www.mayonews.ie}}</ref>

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

==See also==
* [[Connacht Irish]]
* [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland]]
* [[Thomas Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Toormakeady}}
*[http://www.tourmakeady.com/  Toormakeady website]
*[http://tourmakeady.weebly.com/  Toormakeady Community website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120602150621/http://www.podcasts.ie/2010/03/mayos-heritage-week-5/ Audio podcast] excerpt from Michael John Casey's Heritage Tour of Toormakeady.

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[[Category:Towns and villages in County Mayo]]
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