- Moygashel
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Coordinates: 54°29′04″N 6°45′11″W / 54.48452°N 6.75296°W
Moygashel Irish: Maigh gCaisil 
Moygashel shown within Northern IrelandIrish grid reference H809603 - Belfast 40 mi (64 km) District Dungannon & South Tyrone County County Tyrone Country Northern Ireland Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town DUNGANNON Postcode district BT71 Dialling code 028, +44 28 EU Parliament Northern Ireland UK Parliament Fermanagh & South Tyrone NI Assembly Fermanagh & South Tyrone List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • Tyrone 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]
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History
Moygashel is a mill town and mills have been in operation there since 1795. A a group of Huguenot (ancestors of the Webb family, the present owners of Moygashel Weavers) settlers 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
One of the gunmen 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]
References
- ^ Placenames NI
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ Daniel Jones, Everyman's English Pronouncing Dictionary (Dent, Dutton: 13th ed., 1967), p. 320.
- ^ The Post.IE
Categories:- Villages in County Tyrone
- Townlands in County Tyrone
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