Moygashel

Moygashel
Irish: Maigh gCaisil
 Moygashel shown within Northern Ireland
Irish grid referenceH809603
    Belfast 40 mi (64 km)  
DistrictDungannon & South Tyrone
CountyCounty Tyrone
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town DUNGANNON
Postcode district BT71
Dialling code 028, +44 28
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
UK ParliamentFermanagh & South Tyrone
NI AssemblyFermanagh & South Tyrone
List of places
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Northern Ireland
Tyrone

Coordinates: 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/ (with the stress on the first syllable).[3]

History

Moygashel is a mill town and mills have been in operation there since 1795. A group of Huguenot settlers (ancestors of the Webb family, the present owners of Moygashel Weavers) established an Irish linen weaving company there, weaving some of the finest linens in the world.

The Linen Green

The Linen Green is built on the site of a former linen mill. It was established in 1993 by Moygashel Community Development Association as the first factory outlet village in Ireland. The Moygashel Linen Visitors' Centre is also based there. The complex offers clothing, food, giftware and a physiotherapist.

Schools

People

A banner commemorating Wesley Somerville on Moygashel's Main Street, 2013

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

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