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Toome or Toomebridge () is a village and townland on the northwest corner of Lough Neagh in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies in the civil parish of Duneane in the former barony of Toome Upper, and is in Dunsilly electoral area of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council. It had a population of 1,017 in the 2021 census.
Roddy McCorley, a Presbyterianism radical, was a local of the parish of Duneane. He fought as a United Irishman in the Rebellion of 1798 against British rule in Ireland but was captured. He was hanged on 28 February 1800 "near the bridge of Toome", which had been partially destroyed by rebels in 1798 to prevent the arrival of reinforcements from west of the River Bann. His body was then dissected by the British and buried under the road that went from Belfast to Derry. In 1852, while the bridge at Toome was being replaced as part of drainage works on Lough Neagh, a nephew had McCorley's body exhumed between March 1852 and October 1853, and McCorley was then given a proper burial in an unmarked grave in Duneane. Although a memorial was made for McCorley's grave later, repeated desecration led to the grave becoming unmarked once more. In November 1954, a memorial in honour of McCorley was erected in Toome, but was destroyed by Ulster loyalism using explosives on 1 January 1969, anticipating a People's Democracy civil rights march through the village. In the late 1970s another monument was erected and stands in Toome as you enter the village from County Londonderry. His story became the subject of a popular song written in 1898 by Ethna Carbery.
Within the last century, diatomite production has developed as extensive deposits are found in the Toome area. This mineral was used as an absorbent for explosives such as gelignite and as an abrasive in toothpaste and some cleaning products.
In 1928, Toome was the scene of a hydroplane race on the River Bann. Hydroplanes from all across Ireland and the United Kingdom took part in the 'Bann 100'. The main trophies was The Belfast Newsletter Challenge trophy. Hydroplanes reached speeds of 34.77 mph. The hydroplane, 'Non Sequiter', won the outboard race.The Northern Whig, 13 October 1930
Toome Bridge railway station was opened on 10 November 1856, shut for passenger traffic on 28 August 1950 and shut altogether on 1 October 1959.
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