Moybeg Kirley (, and Corrbahile meaning "prominent townland") is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is in the north-west of the parish, with the Moyola River forming its northern boundary. It is bounded by the townlands of Drumconready, Drumcrow, Kirley, Moneyguiggy, and Moneyshanere. It was apportioned to the Drapers' Company.
The townland was part of the Tobermore electoral ward of the former Magherafelt District Council. In 1926 it was part of Carnamoney district electoral division as part of the Draperstown dispensary (registrar's) district of Magherafelt Rural District. It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.
History
+ PopulationYearPop. 1841 44 1851 41 1861 37 1871 35 1881 26 1891 17 1901 5 1911 9 1926 15
+ Size (acres, roods, poles) Year a, r, p 1851 162, 2, 22 1881 162, 1, 9 1901 162, 1, 9 1926 162, 2, 9
+ Earlier recorded forms Year Form 1609 Maybeg (O.S.) 1613 Moybegg (Charter) 1613 Moybegkerley 1622 Moybegkirlo 1659c Molock beg Quarter 1661 Half Moybegg and Taynaghmore 1813 Moybeg (S.M.) (O.S.) - Ordnance Survey map (1609)(Charter) - Charter of Londonderry (1613)(S.M.) - Sampson's Map
See also Kilcronaghan List of townlands in Tobermore Tobermore
References HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1901, page 33 HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 24 HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241 HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698 Place Names NI - Moybeg Kirley Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry, 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry
Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, page 131. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996,