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Moycullen

Gaeltacht village near Galway city, Ireland

Field	Value
official_name	Maigh Cuilinn
other_name	Moycullen
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	File:Moycullen_welcome.jpg
image_caption	Signs outside Moycullen village
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Connacht
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	County Galway
unit_pref	Metric
population_as_of	2022
population_footnotes
population_total	2279
population_density_km2	auto
coordinates
elevation_m	86
blank_name	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info
footnotes	As this is a Gaeltacht village, the Irish Maigh Cuilinn is the only official name. The anglicized spelling Moycullen has no official standing.

Moycullen () is a village situated in the Gaeltacht region of County Galway, Ireland, about 10 km (7 mi) northwest of Galway city. It is near Lough Corrib, on the N59 road to Oughterard and Clifden, in Connemara. Moycullen is now a satellite town of Galway, with some residents commuting to the city for work, school, and business. The population increased by 33.7% from the 2016 census, reaching 2,279 in 2022.

Although Moycullen and its hinterland are classified as a ‘Gaeltacht’ area, the language has not been the local vernacular for many years. Moycullen falls under a Category C Gaeltacht Area due to its low percentage of daily Irish speakers.

Education

There is a primary school in the village, Scoil Mhuire, and three other primary schools in the parish: Scoil Naomh Bríde in Tullykyne, Scoil Bhaile Nua in Newtown, and Scoil Naomh Cholmáin in Tooreeny.

Catholic parish

The Catholic parish of Moycullen, which is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, is roughly co-extensive with Moycullen civil parish. The Church of the Immaculate Conception is located in the village.

Sport

It is home to two senior GAA clubs, a handball club and the Moycullen Basketball Club. Moycullen footballers won the Galway Senior Football Championship for the first time in 2020, as-well as 2022, and were victorious in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship in 2008. The women's team won the Connacht intermediate Club Championship in 2017. Moycullen hurlers won the intermediate county championship in 1964 and 2011, the 2011 team going on to win the Connacht Intermediate Club Championship. In basketball, Moycullen won the President's Cup in 2009.

Railway

Moycullen railway station was opened by the Midland Great Western Railway on 1 January 1895, as part of its line from Galway to Clifden. The station, and the line, were closed by the Great Southern Railways on 29 April 1935.

People

Seán Kyne, politician
Mary O'Malley, poet

References

"Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Maigh Cuilinn". [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland).
"Maigh Cuilinn/Moycullen". Logainm.ie.
"The Irish language-a linguistic crisis? September 2016".
"Schools {{!}} Moycullen Parish".
[https://www.galwaydiocese.ie/parishes/moycullen Galway Diocese] - Catholic parish
[http://moycullenparish.com/services/ Catholic parish] - Immaculate Conception.
"Cumann Peile : Mhaigh Cuilinn". Maighcuilinn.com.
"Cumann Iománaíocht Máigh Cuilinn". Moycullenhurling.gaa.ie.
"Moycullen BC Presented with 3 Basketball Ireland National Awards". Moycullenbasketball.net.
(18 February 2008). "Bohan doubles up for title". Irish Independent.
(6 November 2017). "Galway's Moycullen claim Connacht intermediate club title". [[Ladies' Gaelic Football Association]].
(30 October 2015). "Moycullen and Abbeyknockmoy in intriguing battle for intermediate silverware". Connacht Tribune.
(17 November 2011). "Maigh Cuilinn hurlers in winter wonderland". Galway Advertiser.
(22 January 2015). "Moycullen contest two national basketball titles". Galway Advertiser.
"Moycullen station". Railscot - Irish Railways.

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