Moygashel
Moygashel (from Irish Maigh gCaisil, meaning 'plain of the stone fort') 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). Moygashel is predominantly Catholic with 97.3% of its population recorded as being Catholic in a 2021 census. 1.9% of the village is Protestant and 0.8% is recorded as "other".
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. He is commemorated by a plaque and banner in the village.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Post.IE Archived 2006-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Google Maps".