Moygashel
Moygashel
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Moygashel is located in Northern Ireland Moygashel Location within Northern Ireland | |
| Irish grid reference | H809603 |
| • Belfast | 40 mi (64 km) |
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| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DUNGANNON |
| Postcode district | BT71 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
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Moygashel (from Irish Maigh gCaisil, meaning 'plain of the stone fort')[1] [2] is a small village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is near the southern edge of Dungannon. Although the village's name is pronounced /mɔɪˈɡæʃəl/ (moy-gashel), the trademark of the Irish linen named after it is pronounced /ˈmɔɪɡəʃəl/ (moy-ga-shell).[3] Moygashel is predominantly Protestant with 93% of its population recorded as being Protestant in a 2021 census. 2% of the village is Catholic and 5% is recorded as "other" or "none".[4] [5]
People
[edit ]One of the bombers killed in the Miami Showband massacre, Wesley Somerville—who was an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) member, and member of the Glennane gang—was from Moygashel.[6] He is commemorated by a plaque and banner in the village.[7]
References
[edit ]- ^ Placenames NI Archived 2012年03月31日 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ Daniel Jones, Everyman's English Pronouncing Dictionary (Dent, Dutton: 13th ed., 1967), p. 320.
- ^ "NISRA Area Explorer".
- ^ "NISRA Flexible Table Builder".
- ^ The Post.IE Archived 2006年08月28日 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Google Maps".