Moygashel

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Not to be confused with Moycashel, County Westmeath.

Moygashel
Moygashel, County Tyrone - geograph.org.uk - 258948.jpg
Moygashel is located in Northern Ireland
Moygashel
Location within Northern Ireland
Irish grid referenceH809603
• Belfast40 mi (64 km)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUNGANNON
Postcode districtBT71
Dialling code028, +44 28
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Tyrone
54°29′04″N 6°45′11″W / 54.48452°N 6.75296°W / 54.48452; -6.75296Coordinates: 54°29′04″N 6°45′11″W / 54.48452°N 6.75296°W / 54.48452; -6.75296

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/, the trademark of the Irish linen named after it is pronounced /ˈmɔɪɡəʃəl/.[3]

People[]

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—was from Moygashel.[4] He is commemorated by a plaque and banner in the village.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Placenames NI Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
  3. ^ Daniel Jones, Everyman's English Pronouncing Dictionary (Dent, Dutton: 13th ed., 1967), p. 320.
  4. ^ The Post.IE Archived 2006-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Google Maps".
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