Moygashel Explained

Official Name:Moygashel
Irish Name:Maigh gCaisil
Static Image Name:Moygashel, County Tyrone - geograph.org.uk - 258948.jpg
Map Type:Northern Ireland
Coordinates:54.4845°N -6.753°W
Label Position:none
Belfast Distance Mi:40
Irish Grid Reference:H809603
Unitary Northern Ireland:Mid Ulster
Country:Northern Ireland
Post Town:DUNGANNON
Postcode Area:BT
Postcode District:BT71
Dial Code:028
Constituency Westminster:Fermanagh & South Tyrone
Constituency Ni Assembly:Fermanagh & South Tyrone
Lieutenancy Northern Ireland:County Tyrone
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Moygashel [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 (moy-gashel), the trademark of the Irish linen named after it is pronounced (moy-ga-shell).[3]

People

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=9883 Placenames NI
  2. http://www.logainm.ie/63762.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland
  3. Daniel Jones, Everyman's English Pronouncing Dictionary (Dent, Dutton: 13th ed., 1967), p. 320.
  4. http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/05/07/story14053.asp The Post.IE
  5. Web site: Google Maps.