Moyaliff Explained

Moyaliff
Settlement Type:Townland
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Tipperary
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:52.5743°N -7.8959°W
Elevation M:100
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Moyaliff (historically Moaliffe "Mealiff", from)[1] is a civil parish and townland in County Tipperary, Ireland. The civil parish is in the barony of Kilnamanagh Upper. It has 31 townlands in total. 27 of these townslands are in the Roman Catholic Parish of Upperchurch-Drombane, three in the Roman Catholic parish of Holycross-Ballycahill and one townland Moyaliff itself shared between the two.

The name is composed of two Irish words: Irish: Maigh, meaning 'plain' and "Ailbhe", Irish for Alvy, giving the full name of Irish: Maigh Ailbhe or Alvy's Plain.[1]

Townlands

The civil parish has 31 townlands:[2]

Historical Baroney

According to the Down Survey of Ireland part of the historical parish of Moyaliff then known as Moaliffe was in the now defunct barony of Killnelongurty.[3]

See also

References

  1. Web site: Maigh Ailbhe/Moyaliff (also see Archival records) . . 22 August 2024.
  2. https://www.logainm.ie/en/2233/omnisub/BF Townlands of Moyaliff
  3. http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Killnelongurty&c=Tipperary&indexOfObjectValue=-1&indexOfObjectValueSubstring=-1 Killnelongurty Barony

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