Moneymore
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| Population | 1,897 (2011 census) |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MAGHERAFELT |
| Postcode district | BT45 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
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| Police | Northern Ireland |
| Fire | Northern Ireland |
| Ambulance | Northern Ireland |
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Moneymore (from Irish Script error: No such module "Lang"., meaning 'large thicket or large hill')[1] is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 1,897 in the 2011 census. It is situated within Mid-Ulster District. It is an example of a plantation village in Mid-Ulster built by the Drapers' Company of London.
Geography
Moneymore lies in a glen. The Ballymully River flows through the southern part of the village. The river rises on a large hill, Slieve Gallion (one of the Sperrins), which has a radio tower on top. The village is about 35 miles (56.3 km) from the sea to the north.
History
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During The Troubles, seven people were killed in or near Moneymore in violence related to the conflict, six of them by the Provisional IRA and one by the Ulster Defence Association.[2][3]
People
- Henry Conwell (c. 1748 – 22 April 1842), Roman Catholic bishop in the United States.[4][5]
- Richard William Enraght, Anglican priest and religious controversialist. He was born in Moneymore on 23 February 1837, the son of the Reverend Matthew Enraght the Assistant Curate of the parish.[6]
- John Harris, surgeon, early settler of Australia, born Moneymore 1754.[7]
Places of interest
The most notable building in the town is the 17th century Plantation house, Springhill House, built and owned by the Conyngham family (later Lenox-Conyngham) until 1957 when it came under the ownership of the National Trust.
Moneymore Model Village depicts life in rural Ulster at the time of the Plantation in the 17th century.[8][9]
Transport
- Moneymore railway station opened on 10 November 1856 and shut on 2 May 1955.[10]
Sport
- Moneymore GAC is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.
Schools
There are two primary schools in Moneymore: Moneymore Primary School (the state primary school) and St. Patrick's Primary School (a Roman Catholic primary school). Most children of secondary school age attend one of the schools in nearby Cookstown or Magherafelt.
Churches
- St. John's Church (Church of Ireland)
- Church of SS John & Trea (Roman Catholic)
- Moneymore First Presbyterian Church
- Moneymore Second Presbyterian Church
- Moneymore Congregational Church
- Moneymore Gospel Hall
Demography
2001 census
Moneymore is classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,369 people living in Moneymore. Of these:
- 25.0% were aged under 16 years and 16.1% were aged 60 and over
- 45.29% of the population were male and 52.1% were female
- 47.8% were from a Catholic background and 51.0% were from a Protestant background;
- 3.1% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.
2011 census
On census day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Moneymore Settlement was 1,897 accounting for 0.10% of the NI total. In Moneymore Settlement, considering the resident population:[11]
- 98.52% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group
- 45.65% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 50.34% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion
- 50.03% indicated that they had a British national identity, 23.35% had an Irish national identity and 29.78% had a Northern Irish national identity
- 9.35% had some knowledge of Irish
- 7.32% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots
- 3.38% did not have English as their first language
See also
External links
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References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Muine Mór/Moneymore". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sutton, Malcolm. "Sutton Index of Deaths: 1976". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sutton, Malcolm. "Sutton Index of Deaths: 1974". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Luke, Brother (1940). "Calendar of the Letters of Rev. Eugene Conwell, C.C., Collon". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. 9 (4): 291–292. doi:10.2307/27728517. JSTOR 27728517.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ennis, Arthur J. (1976). "Chapter Two: The New Diocese". In Connelly, James F. (ed.). The History of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Wynnewood, Pennsylvania: Unigraphics Incorporated. p. 86. OCLC 4192313.
- ^ From the baptismal registers of St John's church Desertlyn
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fletcher, B. H. (1966). "Harris, John (1754–1838)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 1. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stewart, Linda (8 November 2012). "Walk of the Week: Moneymore Heritage Trail". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
The first phase of the model village depicts Moneymore in 1622.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Plantation architecture and landscape in Derry and Donegal (PDF). Donegal County Museum. p. 32.
Depiction of buildings and life in Moneymore at the time of 17th century Plantation and in the 19th century.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ayres, Bob, ed. (2003). "Moneymore station" (PDF). Railscot – Irish Railways. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Census 2011 Population Statistics for Moneymore Settlement". NISRA. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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