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]
Moygashel
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  Location within Northern Ireland | |
| Irish grid reference | H809603 |
| • Belfast | 40 mi (64 km) |
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| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DUNGANNON |
| Postcode district | BT71 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
| UK Parliament | |
| NI Assembly | |
People
editOne of the bombers killed in the Miami Showband massacre, Wesley Somerville—who was an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) member—was from Moygashel.[6] He is commemorated by a plaque and banner in the village.[7]
References
edit- ^ Placenames NI Archived 2012-03-31 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 2006-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Google Maps".