Moycullen
Moycullen (Maigh Cuilinn) is a village situated in the Gaeltacht 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. Now a satellite town of Galway, with some residents commuting to the city for work, school, and business.
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Overview
Overview
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.
Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Maigh Cuilinn • Other Name — Moycullen • Type — Village • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Ireland • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Connacht • Subdivision Type3 — County • Subdivision Name3 — County Galway • Unit Pref — Metric • Population As Of — 2022 • Population Total — 2279 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Elevation M — 86 • Custom Label Sec1 — Irish Grid Reference • Footnotes — As this is a Gaeltacht village, the Irish Maigh Cuilinn is the only official name. The anglicized spelling Moycullen has no official standing.
Education
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.
Catholic parish
Catholic parish
• Illustration — Field and church in Moycullen The Catholic parish of Moycullen, which is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, is roughly co-extensive with Moycullen civil parish. The Church of the Immaculate Conception is located in the village.
Sport
Sport
It is home to two senior GAA clubs, a handball club and the Moycullen Basketball Club. 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. The women's team won the Connacht intermediate Club Championship in 2017. Moycullen hurlers won the intermediate county championship in 1964 and 2011, the 2011 team going on to win the Connacht Intermediate Club Championship. In basketball, Moycullen won the President's Cup in 2009.
Railway
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.
People
People
• Seán Kyne, politician • Mary O'Malley, poet
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- 1.Central Statistics Office. Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Maigh Cuilinn. Census 2022.
- 2.Logainm.ie. Maigh Cuilinn/Moycullen.
- 3.The Irish language-a linguistic crisis? September 2016. www.data.oireachtas.ie.
- 4.Schools Moycullen Parish. moycullenparish.com.
- 5.Galway Diocese - Catholic parish
- 6.Catholic parish - Immaculate Conception.
- 7.Maighcuilinn.com. Cumann Peile : Mhaigh Cuilinn.
- 8.Moycullenhurling.gaa.ie. Cumann Iománaíocht Máigh Cuilinn.
- 9.Moycullenbasketball.net. Moycullen BC Presented with 3 Basketball Ireland National Awards.
- 10.Bohan doubles up for title. Irish Independent. 18 February 2008.
- 11.Galway's Moycullen claim Connacht intermediate club title. Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. 6 November 2017.
- 12.Moycullen and Abbeyknockmoy in intriguing battle for intermediate silverware. Connacht Tribune. 30 October 2015.
- 13.Maigh Cuilinn hurlers in winter wonderland. Galway Advertiser. 17 November 2011.
- 14.Moycullen contest two national basketball titles. Galway Advertiser. 22 January 2015.
- 15.Moycullen station. Railscot - Irish Railways.
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