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Moygashel
  • Irish: [Maigh gCaisil] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
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Moygashel is located in Northern Ireland
Moygashel
Irish grid reference H809603
• Belfast 40 mi (64 km)
District
  • Mid Ulster
County
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
54°29′04″N 6°45′11″W / 54.48452°N 6.75296°W / 54.48452; -6.75296

Moygashel (from Irish: [Maigh gCaisil] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), meaning "plain of the stone fort") 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 the trademark of the Irish linen named after it is pronounced.

History

Moygashel is a mill town and mills have been in operation there since 1795. A group of Huguenot settlers (ancestors of the Webb family, the present owners of Moygashel Weavers) 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.

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