Tuam

Where Burial Mound of Two Shoulders Created Ireland's Greatest Archbishopric and 1152 High Cross Became Celtic Art Masterpiece

1152 witnessed Synod of Kells elevating Tuam to Archbishopric status where Áed Ua hOissín became first Archbishop while commissioning the spectacular High Cross of Tuam that reached over 5 meters height and became Ireland's tallest high cross featuring intricate Old and New Te…

Tuam is a small place in County Galway. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.