Trim, County Meath

Trim, County Meath

Etymology

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== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
Trim first appears in the [[historical record]] as ''Áth Truimm'' in an account of the foundation of a church there in 432 by [[Lommán of Trim|St. Lommán]],{{Cite web |last=Ganly |first=Ellen |date=2020 |title=Commemoration or corruption? The feast-days of Abbán, Lommán, and Ailbe |url=https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/14591/1/EG_commemoration.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251008171753/https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/14591/1/EG_commemoration.pdf |archive-date=8 October 2025 |access-date=13 April 2026 |website=Maynooth University Research Archive Library |format=PDF |quote=St. Lommán is the patron saint of Trim in Co. Meath[.]}} the town's [[patron saint]], contained in the [[Book of Armagh]].{{Cite book |last=Hennessey |first=Mark |title=Irish Historic Towns Atlas No. 14: Trim |date=31 December 2004 |publisher=[[Royal Irish Academy]] |isbn=978-1-904890-01-0 |pages=1 |quote=Trim first appears in the historical record in a remarkably detailed account of the foundation of a church there by St Lommán in A.D. 432, contained in the Additamenta of the Patrician texts in the Book of Armagh.}}
Trim first appears in the [[historical record]] as ''Áth Truimm'' in an account of the foundation of a church there in 432 by [[Lommán of Trim|St. Lommán]],{{Cite web |last=Ganly |first=Ellen |date=2020 |title=Commemoration or corruption? The feast-days of Abbán, Lommán, and Ailbe |url=https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/14591/1/EG_commemoration.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251008171753/https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/14591/1/EG_commemoration.pdf |archive-date=8 October 2025 |access-date=13 April 2026 |website=Maynooth University Research Archive Library |format=PDF |quote=St. Lommán is the patron saint of Trim in Co. Meath[.]}} the town's [[patron saint]], contained in the [[Book of Armagh]].{{Cite book |last=Hennessey |first=Mark |title=Irish Historic Towns Atlas No. 14: Trim |date=31 December 2004 |publisher=[[Royal Irish Academy]] |isbn=978-1-904890-01-0 |pages=1 |quote=Trim first appears in the historical record in a remarkably detailed account of the foundation of a church there by St Lommán in A.D. 432, contained in the Additamenta of the Patrician texts in the Book of Armagh.}}

The [[Irish language|Modern Irish]] name for the town is {{Lang|ga|Baile Átha Troim}}.


==History==
==History==