Moycullen
Civil parish
Maigh Cuilinn
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°20′32″N 9°09′24″W / 53.342273°N 9.156753°W / 53.342273; -9.156753
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Irish Grid Reference	M130225

Moycullen (Irish: Maigh Cuilinn^[1]) is a Gaeltacht civil parish in the ancient barony of the same name.^{[1 1]} It is located in the western shore of Lough Corrib in County Galway, Ireland and is around 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of the city of Galway on the road to Oughterard. The parish contains 27,294 statute acres.^{[2 1]} According to Lewis's survey of 1837,^{[2 2]} "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 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east of the village, in the townland of Moycullen itself.^{[2 3]}

Settlements in the parish include the eponymous village of the same name^{[1 2]} and the village of Spiddal.^[2]

Townlands

There are 76 townlands in the parish.^{[2 4]}

Catholic parish

There is a Catholic parish of the same name that is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora^{[2 5]} that is roughly co-extensive with the civil parish. The "Church of the Immaculate Conception" is located in the village.^{[2 6]}

Notable people

• Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh (Roderic O'Flaherty), historian and antiquary, was born in Moycullen Castle in 1630.^{[2 7]}
• (Lady Morgan) Sydney Owenson (1783 - 1859), whose 1827 novel "The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys: A National Tale",^{[2 8]} is set in the barony and mentions the túath of the O'Flaherty dynasty.

References

From "Irish placenames database". logainm.ie (in English and Irish). Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2016.:

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