Moycullen

{{short description|Gaeltacht village near Galway city, Ireland}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = {{lang|ga|Maigh Cuilinn}}

|other_name = Moycullen

|settlement_type = Village

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|image_skyline = File:Moycullen_welcome.jpg

|image_caption = Signs outside Moycullen village

|pushpin_map = Ireland

|pushpin_label_position = right

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Ireland

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Connacht

|subdivision_type3 = County

|subdivision_name3 = County Galway

|established_title =

|established_date =

|unit_pref = Metric

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|population_as_of = 2022

|population_footnotes = {{cite web | url = https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=5c0bdb21-d4d1-415a-a995-7e8e68b07902 | title = Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Maigh Cuilinn | work = Census 2022 | publisher = Central Statistics Office| access-date = 30 September 2023}}

|population = 2279

|population_density_km2 = auto

|coordinates = {{coord|53.3391|-9.18042|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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|elevation_m = 86

|blank_name = Irish Grid Reference

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|footnotes = As this is a Gaeltacht village, the Irish Maigh Cuilinn is the only official name. The anglicized spelling Moycullen has no official standing.

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Moycullen ({{Irish place name|Maigh Cuilinn}}) is a village situated in the Gaeltacht{{cite web|url=http://www.logainm.ie/1413947.aspx |title=Maigh Cuilinn/Moycullen |publisher=Logainm.ie |access-date=2015-07-01}} region of County Galway, Ireland, about 10 km (7 mi) northwest of Galway city. It is near Lough Corrib, on the N59 road to Oughterard and Clifden, in Connemara. Moycullen is now a satellite town of Galway, with some residents commuting to the city for work, school, and business. The population increased by 33.7% from the 2016 census, reaching 2,279 in 2022.

Although Moycullen and its hinterland are classified as a ‘Gaeltacht’ area, the language has not been the local vernacular for many years. Moycullen falls under a Category C Gaeltacht Area due to its low percentage of daily Irish speakers.{{cite web |title=The Irish language-a linguistic crisis? September 2016 |url=https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/libraryResearch/2016/2016-11-07_l-rs-note-the-irish-language-a-linguistic-crisis_en.pdf |website=www.data.oireachtas.ie |access-date=23 November 2020}}

Education

There is a primary school in the village, Scoil Mhuire, and three other primary schools in the parish: Scoil Naomh Bríde in Tullykyne, Scoil Bhaile Nua in Newtown, and Scoil Naomh Cholmáin in Tooreeny.{{cite web|title=Schools {{!}} Moycullen Parish|url=http://moycullenparish.com/schools/|website=moycullenparish.com|access-date=21 February 2017}}

Catholic parish

File:Maigh Cuillinn (Moycullen) - geograph.org.uk - 1289448.jpg

The Catholic parish of Moycullen, which is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora,[https://www.galwaydiocese.ie/parishes/moycullen Galway Diocese] - Catholic parish is roughly co-extensive with Moycullen civil parish. The Church of the Immaculate Conception is located in the village.[http://moycullenparish.com/services/ Catholic parish] - Immaculate Conception.

Sport

It is home to two senior GAA clubs,{{cite web|url=http://www.maighcuilinn.com/ |title=Cumann Peile : Mhaigh Cuilinn |publisher=Maighcuilinn.com |access-date=2015-07-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.moycullenhurling.gaa.ie/ |title=Cumann Iománaíocht Máigh Cuilinn |publisher=Moycullenhurling.gaa.ie |access-date=2015-07-01}} a handball club and the Moycullen Basketball Club.{{cite web|url=http://moycullenbasketball.net/ |title=Moycullen BC Presented with 3 Basketball Ireland National Awards |publisher=Moycullenbasketball.net |access-date=2015-07-01}} Moycullen footballers won the Galway Senior Football Championship for the first time in 2020, as-well as 2022, and were victorious in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship in 2008.{{cite news |title=Bohan doubles up for title |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/bohan-doubles-up-for-title-26424163.html |access-date=25 October 2018 |work=Irish Independent |date=18 February 2008}} The women's team won the Connacht intermediate Club Championship in 2017.{{cite news |title=Galway's Moycullen claim Connacht intermediate club title |url=http://ladiesgaelic.ie/galways-moycullen-claim-connacht-intermediate-club-title/ |access-date=25 October 2018 |work=Ladies' Gaelic Football Association |date=6 November 2017}} Moycullen hurlers won the intermediate county championship in 1964 and 2011, the 2011 team going on to win the Connacht Intermediate Club Championship.{{cite news |title=Moycullen and Abbeyknockmoy in intriguing battle for intermediate silverware |url=https://connachttribune.ie/moycullen-and-abbeyknockmoy-in-intriguing-battle-for-intermediate-silverware-356/ |access-date=25 October 2018 |work=Connacht Tribune |date=30 October 2015}}{{cite news |title=Maigh Cuilinn hurlers in winter wonderland |url=http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/46440/maigh-cuilinn-hurlers-in-winter-wonderland |access-date=25 October 2018 |work=Galway Advertiser |date=17 November 2011}} In basketball, Moycullen won the President's Cup in 2009.{{cite news |title=Moycullen contest two national basketball titles |url=http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/75089/moycullen-contest-two-national-basketball-titles |access-date=25 October 2018 |work=Galway Advertiser |date=22 January 2015}}

Railway

Moycullen railway station was opened by the Midland Great Western Railway on 1 January 1895, as part of its line from Galway to Clifden. The station, and the line, were closed by the Great Southern Railways on 29 April 1935.{{cite web |title=Moycullen station |url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf |work=Railscot - Irish Railways |access-date=19 November 2007}}

People

Seán Kyne, politician
Mary O'Malley, poet

References

External links

[http://www.moycullen.net/ Moycullen Online]
[http://moycullen.galwaycommunityheritage.org/ Moycullen Heritage]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20170222201322/https://moycullencentralschool.ie/ Scoil Mhuire], the primary school in the village.
[https://www.maighcuilinn.com/ Cumann Peile Mhaigh Cuilinn]
[http://www.moycullenbasketball.net/ Moycullen Basketball Club]

Category:Towns and villages in County Galway

Category:Gaeltacht places in County Galway