Moylough
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Moylough is Template:Cvt northwest of Mountbellew and Template:Cvt from Galway. It is located on the N63 national secondary road, and is also served by the R328 and R364 regional roads.
History
Moylough was part of the ancient kingdom of the Soghain of Connacht.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". An 8th century Irish reliquary shaped in the form of a belt, the Moylough Belt-Shrine, was found in a peat bog by John Towey while he was cutting turf near Moylough in 1947.[4][5]
Other evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes Moylough Castle, a 13th-century tower house historically associated with the Norman de Cotterell and de Cogeshale families.[6]
Together with nearby Mountbellew, Moylough has been twinned with Elliant in Brittany since 1998.[7][8]
Amenities
Amenities within Moylough include a national (primary) school, Garda station, post office and community centre.[9] Many of the village's amenities lie within the townland of Moylough More, including the local Catholic church (built c. 1830Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).[10] As of the 2011 census, Moylough More townland had a population of over 440 people.[11]
Notable people
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Thomas Carr, Archbishop of Melbourne 1886–1917, was born near Moylough in 1839.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
There is a statue of the Galway Gaelic footballer Enda Colleran in the town.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Former Irish rugby manager Eddie O'Sullivan is from Moylough.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
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