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Tuam
lies 32km north of Galway City on the N17 major route. It owes
its origin according to legend, to the broken chariot wheel
which St. Jarlath took as a sign to found his monastic
settlement here in the 5th century. Tuam, the probable capital
of Ireland during the 12th century, when the High King Rory
O?Connor was in residence. During this period the O?Connors
endowed Tuam with the processional Cross of Cong (now in the
National Museum), and are associated with the ornamental High
Crosses (now in St. Mary's Cathedral). Tuam's location on the N17
makes it a natural dormitory town of Galway city, but it also
has many fine local industries.