Moygashel

Moygashel

Moygashel

Human settlement in Northern Ireland

Not to be confused with Moycashel, County Westmeath.

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]

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