Miscellanea
- The people of Tuam claim it is the smallest city in the world based on the presence of a cathedral, one of the original definitions of what constitutes a city. However, despite Tuam's two cathedrals, it is officially a town.
- The Annals of the Four Masters record that in 1488 A whirlwind attacked a number of persons, as they were cutting turf on the bog of Tuaim-Mona, which killed one of them, and swelled the faces of the rest; and four others were killed by the same wind in Machaire-Chonnacht.
- The "Rocky Road to Dublin" is a song about a man's experiences as he travels to Liverpool, England from his home in Tuam.
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