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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: First found in Cork in ancient times, it comes from the gaelic "O Tuama". http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx... Toomey, O'Toomey and Twomey are Anglicized versions of the Gaelic O'Tuama (descendant of Tuama) with Tuama being a personal name derived from "tuaim" 'which meant >>>>>>>>>"small hill."<<<<<<<<<<< http://www.4crests.com/surmeantz.html... Twomey Genealogy Message Board http://genforum.genealogy.com/twomey/... Twomey at Go Ireland "The most distinguished man of the name, Sean O'Tuama (1706-1775), was born and lived all his life at Croom, in the neighbouring county of Limerick; there he and his wife kept a publichouse which was the meeting place of the Maigue Gaelic poets, he himself - "O'Twomey the gay" - being the most distinguished of them." http://www.goireland.com/genealogy/scrip... Family Tree DNA http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_joi... |