Moycullen

*Maigh Cuilinn*

Moycullen
Maigh Cuilinn Moycullen
Village
	Signs outside Moycullen village
	Maigh Cuilinn Location in Ireland
	Coordinates: 53°20′21″N 9°10′50″W / 53.3391°N 9.18042°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Elevation	86 m (282 ft)
Population (2022)	2,279
Irish Grid Reference	M198329
	As this is a Gaeltacht village, the Irish Maigh Cuilinn is the only official name. The anglicized spelling Moycullen has no official standing.

Moycullen (Irish: Maigh Cuilinn) is a village situated in the Gaeltacht^[2] 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. Population increased 33.7% from the 2016 census, reaching 2,279 in 2022.^[1]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Catholic parish

Field and church in Moycullen

There is a Catholic parish of the same name that is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora^[5] that is roughly co-extensive with the civil parish. The "Church of the Immaculate Conception" is located in the village.^[6]

Sport

It is home to two senior GAA clubs,^[7]^[8] a handball club and the Moycullen Basketball Club.^[9] 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.^[10] The women's team won the Connacht intermediate Club Championship in 2017.^[11] Moycullen hurlers won the intermediate county championship in 1964 and 2011, the 2011 team going on to win the Connacht Intermediate Club Championship.^[12]^[13] In basketball, Moycullen won the President's Cup in 2009.^[14]

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.^[15]

People

Mary O'Malley, poet
Seán Kyne, politician

References

^ ^a ^b "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Maigh Cuilinn". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^ "Maigh Cuilinn/Moycullen". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
^ "The Irish language-a linguistic crisis? September 2016" (PDF). www.data.oireachtas.ie. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ "Schools | Moycullen Parish". moycullenparish.com. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^ Galway Diocese - Catholic parish
^ Catholic parish - Immaculate Conception.
^ "Cumann Peile : Mhaigh Cuilinn". Maighcuilinn.com. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
^ "Cumann Iománaíocht Máigh Cuilinn". Moycullenhurling.gaa.ie. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
^ "Moycullen BC Presented with 3 Basketball Ireland National Awards". Moycullenbasketball.net. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
^ "Bohan doubles up for title". Irish Independent. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
^ "Galway's Moycullen claim Connacht intermediate club title". Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
^ "Moycullen and Abbeyknockmoy in intriguing battle for intermediate silverware". Connacht Tribune. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
^ "Maigh Cuilinn hurlers in winter wonderland". Galway Advertiser. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
^ "Moycullen contest two national basketball titles". Galway Advertiser. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
^ "Moycullen station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 19 November 2007.

External links

Moycullen Online
Moycullen Heritage
Scoil Mhuire, the primary school in the village.
Cumann Peile Mhaigh Cuilinn
Moycullen Basketball Club

[cso2022-1] "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Maigh Cuilinn". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[2] "Maigh Cuilinn/Moycullen". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

[3] "The Irish language-a linguistic crisis? September 2016" (PDF). www.data.oireachtas.ie. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

[4] "Schools | Moycullen Parish". moycullenparish.com. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[5] Galway Diocese - Catholic parish

[6] Catholic parish - Immaculate Conception.

[7] "Cumann Peile : Mhaigh Cuilinn". Maighcuilinn.com. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

[8] "Cumann Iománaíocht Máigh Cuilinn". Moycullenhurling.gaa.ie. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

[9] "Moycullen BC Presented with 3 Basketball Ireland National Awards". Moycullenbasketball.net. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

[10] "Bohan doubles up for title". Irish Independent. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[11] "Galway's Moycullen claim Connacht intermediate club title". Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[12] "Moycullen and Abbeyknockmoy in intriguing battle for intermediate silverware". Connacht Tribune. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[13] "Maigh Cuilinn hurlers in winter wonderland". Galway Advertiser. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[14] "Moycullen contest two national basketball titles". Galway Advertiser. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[15] "Moycullen station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 19 November 2007.

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