Toome

Toome (or Toomebridge) is a village in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom. It is 7 miles (11 km) from Magherafelt and 11 miles (18 km) from Antrim. It is close to the River Bann.

Toome Irish: Tuaim
The bridge over the River Bann at Toome (built 2004)
Toome Location within Northern Ireland
Population	722 (2001 Census)
Irish grid reference	H9990
District	Antrim
County	County Antrim
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ANTRIM
Postcode district	BT41
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	South Antrim
NI Assembly	South Antrim
List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim 54.75°N 6.46°W / 54.75; -6.46

Population facts

On 29 April 2001 the United Kingdom government had a census and saw that there were 722 people living in Toome. They also saw that:

• 27.2% of the people were under 16 years old and 10.9% were over 60 years old
• 48.8% of the people were male and 51.3% were female
• 96.3% of the people were from a Roman Catholic background and 2.9% were from a Protestant background
• 6.2% of people aged 16–74 had no job.^[1]