Moate
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Moate
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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Westmeath |
| Dáil Éireann | Longford–Westmeath |
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| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
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| Eircode routing key | N37 |
| Telephone area code | +353(0)90 |
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Moate (/moʊt/; Template:Langx)[2] is a town in County Westmeath, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, it had a population of 3,013.[1]
The town's Irish name, An Móta, is derived from the term motte-and-bailey, as the Normans built an example of this type of fortification here. The earthwork is still visible behind the buildings on the main street.[citation needed]
The town later became an important marketplace and Quaker village. It made the town more wealthy than equivalent towns in Leinster.[citation needed] There are several extant examples of Quaker houses on the main street, which itself is typical of an Irish marketplace.
Location
Moate is on the Cloghatanny River, also known as the Moate Stream, which is a tributary of the River Brosna. The confluence between the Cloghatanny and Brosna is 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) to the southeast of Moate.[3]
The town is on the R446 road between Kinnegad and Athlone. Before July 2008, this was the N6 road, a national primary route, and Moate was a serious traffic bottleneck. The new M6 motorway bypasses the town.
Amenities
Moate, which doubled in population (from 1,520 to 3,013) between the 2002 and 2022 census,[4] is home to a number of businesses, several supermarkets, a post office, pharmacy, coffee shops, restaurants, pubs and a hotel. The area also has an amenity and heritage park, a greenway running through the town, golf club, tennis courts, sports pitch, a pastoral centre and a community centre.[citation needed]
Parks
Dún na Sí Amenity and Heritage Park is a community park located on the outskirts of the town, encompassing ecology, play, heritage, arts and education. The park comprises the Scéal Exhibition in the Comhaltas Teach Cheoil, heritage trail, sensory garden, pet farm, walking trails, native Irish woodland, turlough, playground and tea rooms.[5]
Another park, Patrick Kelly Memorial Park, opened in December 2008. This memorial park is named after the only Irish soldier to die in combat in Ireland since the end of the Irish Civil War. On 16 December 1983, Private Patrick Kelly, who was from Moate, was attempting to free American businessman Don Tidey, who had been kidnapped by the Irish Republican Army. Along with Garda recruit Gary Sheehan, he was killed in a shoot-out with IRA gunmen at Derrada Woods in Ballinamore, County Leitrim.[6]
Culture and heritage
The local Gaelic football club is the Moate All Whites. The club's name and playing kit colours are based on the white religious habits worn by the Carmelite White Friars, a long established Moate institution.[citation needed]
Tuar Ard Arts Centre is a community-lead project which opened in October 2000. The centre has tiered seating in an auditorium that seats 173 people.[7]
The former gaol, part of the old courthouse, contains a small museum housing artefacts found in the area dating from the Stone Age through to the modern era. The main building of the old courthouse has been renovated into a public library.[8]
A 17th-century ruined Quaker Meetinghouse stands in the centre of the town, the Church of St. Patrick serves as the Catholic parish church and the Church of St. Mary is the local Church of Ireland church. A second Catholic church, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, stands to the north of the town.[9]
Transport
Bus
Bus Éireann and Irish Citylink operate Dublin–Galway bus routes that service Moate.[10][11]
Rail
The disused Moate railway station was built by the Midland Great Western Railway to connect Dublin and Galway and opened on 1 August 1851. It closed for goods traffic on 2 December 1974, and closed for passenger traffic on 27 January 1987.[12] Parts of the film The First Great Train Robbery (1979)[13] were filmed on the local railway. The crew of about 150 actors, extras, and production team, spent around two weeks in and around Moate filming. The cast of the movie stayed at the Royal Hoey Hotel during this time.[14] The train station depicted as "Ashford" is actually Moate Station.
Dublin to Galway Cycleway
The Mullingar (West) to Garrycastle (Athlone East) section of the Dublin-Galway Greenway (cycleway) was opened on 3 October 2015 by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny in Moate.[15] The cycleway links Moate to Athlone and Mullingar on a 3m wide 40 km long cycleway.
Climate
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Education
Primary
Moate has two primary schools: St. Brigid's Primary School on Station Road, formerly known as Convent Primary School, is co-educational and was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1861.[17] The other is St. Oliver Plunkett Boys' Primary School on Lake Road.
Secondary
The town's secondary school is Moate Community School on Church Street. It was created on September 1, 1996 by combining three schools: the Convent of Mercy Secondary School, the Carmelite College secondary school, and Moate Vocational School.[18] A new building opened in the school in 2002 containing a gymnasium, four new science laboratories, a home economics room, art room, lecture hall, technical drawing classroom and an oratory as well as general classrooms and offices. It has approximately 1,250 students (including Moate Business College) and a staff of 130. The business college provides courses including performance arts and information technology.[19]
Notable people
- Abraham Boulger, Victoria Cross recipient
- T.R. Dallas, singer
- Patrick Kelly, soldier
- Ray Lynam, country singer
- Colm Murray, sports broadcaster
- Lorcan Robbins, (1884/85–1939), activist and politician
- Nessa Robins, food writer
- Joe Ward, boxer
- William Duckett White (1807–1893), politician and member of the Queensland Legislative Council[20]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Census Mapping – Moate". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Moate Script error: No such module "webarchive". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2012-12-30.
- ^ Inspectors Report on a Waste Water Discharge Licence Application Script error: No such module "webarchive". Environmental Protection Agency, 2010-05-27.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Moate (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dún na Sí Amenity & Heritage Park - Home". www.dunnasi.ie. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Town honours murdered soldier". Irish Times. 17 December 2008. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facilities - Conference Room Booking - Gallery - Theatre - Meeting Rooms". Tuar Ard Arts Centre. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Westmeath library features Colm Murray archive". rte.ie. 17 June 2016. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cartronkeel, Moate, County Westmeath". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ Bus timetable: Dublin (and airport)–Galway route Script error: No such module "webarchive". Bus Éireann. Retrieved: 2012-12-30.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bus timetable: Dublin (and airport)–Galway route" (PDF). City Link. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Moate station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2007.
- ^ Filming locations for The Great Train Robbery Script error: No such module "webarchive". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved: 2012-12-30.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McCormack, Stan (13 August 2020). "When the movies came to town". Westmeath Examiner. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ Mullingar to Garrycastle Cycleway opening Script error: No such module "webarchive". - Galway to Dublin Cycleway website, October 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Moate, Ireland Monthly Weather Forecast". Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ St. Brigid's Primary School Script error: No such module "webarchive". Retrieved: 2013-08-09.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Welcome To Moate Community School". Moate Community School. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About MBC – Moate Business College". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.E. M. Allingham; S. D. Bassingthwaighte. "White, William Duckett (1807–1893)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre for Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
External links
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