Moycullen () is a Gaeltacht civil parish in the ancient barony of the same name. It is located in the western shore of Lough Corrib in County Galway, Ireland and is around north-west of the city of Galway on the road to Oughterard. The parish contains 27,294 statute acres."A topographical dictionary of Ireland" - Samuel Lewis, 1837. According to Lewis's survey of 1837,"A topographical dictionary of Ireland" - Samuel Lewis, 1837. "The land is of very indifferent quality; and there is a large quantity of reclaimable waste and bog.". The parish gets its name from the church, now in ruins, that is situated around to the east of the village, in the townland of Moycullen itself.Galway Library - Moycullen church (ruins).
Settlements in the parish include the village of the same name and the village of Spiddal.
Townlands There are 76 townlands in the parish.Galway Community Heritage - Moycullen
Name in English Name in IrishAddragool EadargúilAubwee An tÁth BuíBallycuirke East Baile Uí Chuirc ThoirBallycuirke West Baile Uí Chuirc ThiarBallydotia Baile DóiteBallynahallia Baile na hAilleCaochCaochCarrowlustraun Ceathrú an LoistreáinCartoor An CartúrCloonabinna Cluain na BinneClooniffeCluain DuibhClydagh ClaídeachCoolaghy Na CualachaCorbally An CorrbhaileCorcullen Corr ChuilinnCurra An ChoraCurrawatia An Chora BháiteDovepark Páirc na gColmDeerfield Gort na fiannaDrimcong Droim ChongaDrimmavohaun Droim an MhúchainDrimneen DroimnínDrumaveg Droma BheagFinisklin FionasclainnGortachalla Gort an ChalaidhGortaghokera Gort an ChóchraíGortnamona East Gort na Móna ThoirGortnamona West Gort na Móna ThiarGortnavea/Deerfield Gort na bhFiaGortyloughlin/Danesfield Gort Uí LochlainnHomefarm An FheirmKeeagh An ChaothachKilcloggaun Cill ChlogáinKillagoola Cill OgúlaKilrainey Cill RáineKnock An CnocKnockalough Cnoc an LochaKnockaunranny Cnocán RaithníKnockerasser Cnoc ar EasairKnockshanbally Cnoc an tSeanbhaileKylebroughlan Coill BhruachláinLaughil LeamhchoillLeagaun LiagánLealetter LiathleitirLissagurraun Lios an GharráinLoughwell LeamhchoillNewtown An Bhaile NuaOghery EochaireOldtown An Sean BhailePollnaclogha Poll na CloichePolleha PoillePollagh An PollachPortdarragh/Portarra Port DarachRineen An RinnínSlieveaneena Sliabh an AonaighTawnybeg Na Tamhnacha BeagaTooreeny Na TuairíníTruskaunnagappal Troscaigh na gCapallTullaghnanoon Tulaigh na nUanTullokyne Tulach Uí ChadhaoinTumnasrah Tom na SraitheUggool Ogúil
Catholic parish The Catholic parish of Moycullen, which is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora,Galway Diocese - Catholic parish is roughly co-extensive with the civil parish. The main parish church, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, is located in Moycullen village.Catholic parish - Immaculate Conception.
Notable people Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh (Roderic O'Flaherty), historian and antiquary, was born in Moycullen Castle in 1630.Library Ireland - Roderic O'Flaherty. (Lady Morgan) Sydney Owenson (1783 - 1859), whose 1827 novel "The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys: A National Tale","The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys: A National Tale" - Lady Morgan, 1827. is set in the barony and mentions the túath of the O'Flaherty dynasty.
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