Moygashel

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]

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

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
  • Howard Primary School

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
  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. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.481927,-6.7550572,3a,75y,260.79h,95.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIND1CRLAHwgCKXju7iK6Cg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
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