| Official Name: | Moneymore |
| Irish Name: | Muine Mór |
| Static Image Name: | St John's Desertlynn Church of Ireland - geograph.org.uk - 78225.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St John's Desertlynn Church of Ireland, in Moneymore |
| Map Type: | Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates: | 54.692°N -6.67°W |
| Label Position: | none |
| Unitary Northern Ireland: | Mid-Ulster |
| Population: | 1897 |
| Population Ref: | (2011 census) |
| Irish Grid Reference: | H8583 |
| Country: | Northern Ireland |
| Post Town: | MAGHERAFELT |
| Postcode Area: | BT |
| Postcode District: | BT |
| Dial Code: | 028 |
Moneymore [1] is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 1,897 in the 2011 census. It is situated within Mid-Ulster District. It is an example of a plantation village in Mid-Ulster built by the Drapers' Company of London.
Moneymore lies in a glen. The Ballymully River flows through the southern part of the village. The river rises on a large hill, Slieve Gallion (one of the Sperrins), which has a radio tower on top. The village is about 35 miles (56.3 km) from the sea to the north.
See also: The Troubles in Moneymore. There was an important battle fought near Moneymore called the battle of Móin Daire Lothair in the year 563 between the Northern Uí Néill and the Cruithin tribe which the Northern Uí Néill won. This battle is recorded in the Annals of Ulster and would have been a major event at the time. Much of Great Britain and Ireland would have descent from these two groups as there was notable mixing with Scotland over the years and the Uí Néill split to form the Southern Uí Néill in the Irish midlands around this time.
During The Troubles, seven people were killed in or near Moneymore in violence related to the conflict, six of them by the Provisional IRA and one by the UDA.
The most notable building in the town is the 17th century Plantation house, Springhill, built and owned by the Conyngham, later Lenox-Conyngham family but since 1957 in the ownership of the National Trust.
Moneymore Model Village depicts life in rural Ulster at the time of the Plantation.
There are two primary schools in Moneymore: Moneymore Primary School (the state primary school) and St. Patrick's Primary School (a Roman Catholic primary school). Most children of secondary school age attend one of the schools in nearby Cookstown or Magherafelt.
Moneymore is classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,369 people living in Moneymore. Of these:
On census day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Moneymore Settlement was 1,897 accounting for 0.10% of the NI total. In Moneymore Settlement, considering the resident population:[4]