Noughaval | |
Native Name: | Irish: Nuachabháil |
Native Name Lang: | ga |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Munster |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | County Clare |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | WET |
Utc Offset1: | +0 |
Timezone1 Dst: | IST (WEST) |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -1 |
Coordinates: | 53.0166°N -9.1826°W |
Noughaval (ga|Nuachabháil[1]) is a small village in the townland with the same name in County Clare, Ireland.
It is said to be the site where St. Mogua founded a monastery. The name means so much as "new monastic settlement". The old church is from the twelfth century but using older stonework.[2]
The present church is the Church of St. Mochua. This was originally a Protestant church in 1860, located in Ballyvaughan, but carefully disassembled and moved to Noughaval. It entered service again in 1943.[3]
A stone pillar near the church is said to be a market cross.[4]