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The 3D model of Tuam: every building standing up, coloured by what is in it

Tuam, street by street

The mound of two shoulders, a monastery, a market square laid out in 1613, and every building of the town it became.

Tuam is a town of 9,647 people, 30 km north-east of Galway city. This site is a working model of it: every one of its 6,219 buildings stands on the map above, and 230 shops, cafés, schools, churches and services have a page each, with the street, the hours where recorded, the nearest bus stop and car park, and a plan of the streets around it. Everything comes from open map data and says so.

6,219
buildings on the model
230
named places, each with a page
77
streets
9,647
people, 2022 census
Today
Weather in Tuam

Live forecast for the town centre, hour by hour and the week ahead.

Buses, roads, parking
Getting to Tuam

30 km from Galway, 44 km from Knock airport, 6 bus stops, 57 car parks.

See and do
Things to do

Two cathedrals, the High Cross, the Mill Museum, castles, the market, football and golf.

Since the Bronze Age
The history of Tuam

Jarlath's monastery, the high kings, Ireland's first stone castle, the 1613 square, the railway.

Facts
About the town

Population 9,647 at the 2022 census, where it is, how it has grown.

What is in Tuam

18 restaurants, 13 shops, 12 supermarkets, 9 pharmacies and 13 doctors and more, by kind. Each kind has a page listing every one, closest to the Square first.

Food and drink
Shops
Health
Services
Motoring
Community
Sport and leisure
Places to stay
Things to see
Other

All 70 kinds of place

The Square, photographed by Robert French: the High Cross on its plinth, the Town Hall behind, carts where the cars now park
The Square, photographed by Robert French: the High Cross on its plinth, the Town Hall behind, carts where the cars now park
Robert French, no restrictions via Wikimedia Commons
Then
High Street today, looking towards the Square and the spire of the Cathedral of the Assumption
High Street today, looking towards the Square and the spire of the Cathedral of the Assumption
Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Now
Food and drink

Where to eat in Tuam

18 cafés, restaurants, takeaways and pubs on the map, 13 of them within 300 m of the Square. 4 have hours on record.

  1. The Connaught ArmsPubs · Vicar Street
  2. Golden PizzaRestaurants · Vicar Street
  3. Apache PizzaTakeaways · The Shambles
  4. Spice of LifeDeli · Vicar Street
  5. The Sportsman's InnPubs · Vicar Street
  6. The Galway RoastCafés · Vicar Street
  7. Supermac'sTakeaways · The Square
  8. Krugers BarBars · The Square

Restaurants · Cafés · Takeaways · Pubs

Plan of the town centre with every place to eat marked

Street by street

All 77 streets
  1. Vicar Street
    regional road R332 · 312 m
    18 places
  2. Galway Road
    national road N83 · 2.8 km
    12 places
  3. The Square
    regional road R923 · 101 m
    12 places
  4. Dublin Road
    regional road R332 · 2.3 km
    10 places
  5. High Street
    regional road R923 · 374 m
    7 places
  6. Bishop Street
    regional road R923 · 326 m
    4 places
  7. Milltown Road
    regional road R939 · 2.7 km
    4 places
  8. Ballygaddy Road
    regional road R332 · 2.3 km
    3 places
  9. Dunmore Road
    regional road R923 · 1.1 km
    3 places
  10. N17 Plaza
    road · 296 m
    3 places

Things to see around Tuam

The chancel arch, 1180s
The chancel arch, 1180s
ClintMalpaso, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral of the Assumption
Cathedral of the Assumption
Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Knockmoy Abbey, 1190
Knockmoy Abbey, 1190
DanielecDalton, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Castles, abbeys, old churches, a viewpoint and the town park within 12 km, closest first, plus 49 ringforts and ancient sites and 13 holy wells on their own pages.

  1. The ParkParks · 696 m
  2. Kilbennan MonasteryAbbeys · 3.8 km
  3. Ballinderry CastleCastles · 5.7 km
  4. Castletown HouseHistoric houses · 6.0 km
  5. Castlemoyle HouseHistoric houses · 6.2 km
  6. Doonbeg FortRuins · 7.1 km
  7. LougharlaureenLakes · 7.6 km
  8. Fartamore Castle (ruins)Castles · 8.1 km
  9. Cnoc MeadhaViewpoints · 8.2 km

Castles · Ringforts · Holy wells · Hotels

Tuam in pictures

Photographs of the town and the country around it, each from an open archive and credited to the person who took it.

The High Cross of Tuam, 1152
The High Cross of Tuam, 1152
ClintMalpaso, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Temple Jarlath, where the town began
Temple Jarlath, where the town began
Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Castle Hackett
Castle Hackett
Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The view from Knockma
The view from Knockma
Jeoun, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The round tower at Kilbennan
The round tower at Kilbennan
Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Feartagar Castle
Feartagar Castle
Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The River Nanny
The River Nanny
Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Bringing home the turf, a Robert French photograph
Bringing home the turf, a Robert French photograph
Robert French, public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Questions people ask

Where is Tuam?
Tuam is a town in the north of County Galway, in the west of Ireland, 30 km north-east of Galway city and 173 km west of Dublin, on the N17.
What is the population of Tuam?
9,647 people at the 2022 census, up from 8,767 in 2016.
How far is Tuam from Galway?
30 km in a straight line from the Square to the centre of Galway city; the N17 road is a little longer.
What is there to do in Tuam?
Two cathedrals, the 1152 High Cross, Temple Jarlath where the town began, the Mill Museum on the River Nanny, the Chair of Tuam, castles in the countryside around, a monthly market, Gaelic football at Tuam Stadium and golf. The map names 18 cafés, restaurants, takeaways and pubs and 2 places to stay.
What is the history of Tuam?
A Bronze Age burial mound gave it its name; Jarlath founded a monastery about 526; the O'Connors made it their stronghold from 1049 and the seat of the high kings of Ireland in the twelfth century, when it became an archbishopric and got Ireland's first stone castle; a royal charter of 1613 laid out the market square it still has.
What is the weather like in Tuam today?
The weather page shows the live forecast for the town centre, hour by hour for the next day and day by day for the week.

How the model is built

The buildings are OpenStreetMap footprints, read on 2026-09-18, stood up to the height the map records or a plain two storeys where it records none. Streets, the river and the base map come from the same project through OpenFreeMap. Places are the named shops, services and public buildings on the map; each has its own page.

A building takes the colour of the kind of place inside it: restaurants in red, pharmacies in green, schools in yellow. Nothing is invented to fill a gap: a missing fact is shown as missing, with a link to add it to the map. More about the model.