Moygashel facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Moygashel Irish: Maigh gCaisil
Irish grid reference	H809603
• Belfast	40 mi (64 km)
District	Mid Ulster
County	County Tyrone
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DUNGANNON
Postcode district	BT71
Dialling code	028
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, 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 /mɔɪˈɡæʃəl/ (moy-gashel), the trademark of the Irish linen named after it is pronounced /ˈmɔɪɡəʃəl/ (moy-ga-shell). Moygashel is predominantly Protestant with 93% of its population recorded as being Protestant in a 2021 census. 2% of the village is Catholic and 5% is recorded as "other" or "none".

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. He is commemorated by a plaque and banner in the village.