Toombeola (Irish: Tuaim Beola)[1] is a townland in the historical barony of Ballynahinch in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.

[citation needed] This bridge, built between 1828 and 1831,[5] was completed as part of road improvements in the Connemara undertaken by the Scottish engineer Alexander Nimmo.

[citation needed] The abbey was built with the help of a local chieftain of the O'Flaherty (Ó Flaithbertaigh) clan, who ruled over the Connemara region until the time of King James II of England.

Stones from the abbey were reputedly used by a local chieftain, Tadgh na Buile O'Flaherty, to build a castle on a small island on Ballynahinch Lake.

[6] A dispute over the ownership of this castle led to a feud between Tadgh na Buile O'Flaherty and his cousin Teige Ó Flaithbheartaigh.