Moneymore
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- Moneymore is also the name of a farming district near Milton, New Zealand.
- Moneymore is also the name of a large housing estate in Drogheda, Ireland.
| Moneymore | |
| Irish: Muine Mór | |
  Moneymore shown within Northern Ireland |
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| Population | 1369 (2001 Census) |
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| Irish grid reference | |
| District | Cookstown |
| County | County Londonderry |
| Constituent country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MAGHERAFELT |
| Postcode district | BT45 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
| Police | Northern Ireland |
| Fire | Northern Ireland |
| Ambulance | Northern Ireland |
| European Parliament | Northern Ireland |
| UK Parliament | Mid Ulster |
| NI Assembly | Mid Ulster |
| List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • County Londonderry | |
Moneymore (Irish: Muine Mór) is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, lying near Lough Neagh. Its name comes from the Irish Muine Mór or Big Thicket. It had a population of 1,369 people in the 2001 Census. It is in the Cookstown District Council area.
It is perhaps the best preserved example of a Plantation village in Mid-Ulster. Moneymore features the wide streets and substantial buildings constructed in a precise order which is characteristic of Plantation architecture. It was the first town in Ulster to have piped water.
Among its public service buildings it has a medical centre, post office, pharmacy and a privately owned bus service, called Chambers' Coach Hire. Until July 2006 there was a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) police station. The main convenience store is a Spar complex. Most recently, it incorporated the local butcher.However Spar was met with new competition when the new Mace and a new Off Sales was opened on Lawford Street in June 2007.
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[edit] Geography
Moneymore is situated in a valley. It has a latitude of 54°41'31"N and a longitude of 6°40'50"W. The Ballymully River flows through the southern part of the village. The river rises on a large hill, Slieve Gallion (one of the Sperrin Mountains) which has a notable radio tower on its summit, and can be seen clearly from most of the district. The village is about 35 miles from the sea to the north.
[edit] History
Originally built by the Worshipful Company of Drapers, the village was held in such esteem that they invested in a large scale reconstruction as recently as 1817.
[edit] The Troubles
- For more information see The Troubles in Moneymore, which includes a list of incidents in Moneymore during the Troubles resulting in one or more fatalities.
[edit] People
- The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Councillor Walter Greer lives in Moneymore.
- Suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams lived in Moneymore for a few years in the first decade of the twentieth century. He became a general practitioner and moved to Eastbourne in 1922. He was charged in 1957 with the murder of two patients but was controversially acquitted. He was, however, suspected of causing the death of 163 other patients.
[edit] Places of interest
The most notable building in the town is the 17th century Plantation house, Springhill, built and owned by the Conyngham, later Lenox-Conyngham family but since 1957 in the ownership of the National Trust.
[edit] Transport
- Moneymore railway station opened on 10 November 1856, but finally closed on 2 May 1955.[1]
[edit] Sport
- Moneymore GAC is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.
[edit] Education
There are two primary schools in Moneymore: Moneymore Primary School, a government-run primary school with 156 children and St. Patrick's Primary School, a Roman Catholic primary school.
Most children of secondary school age go on to attend one of the schools in neighbouring Cookstown or Magherafelt.
[edit] Places of worship
- 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
[edit] 2001 Census
Moneymore is classified as a village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie 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
- 47.9% 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.
For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service
[edit] Trivia
55 Rockview Park, a terraced house in Moneymore, was reportedly haunted. [1]
On Friday 15 February 2008 at 11.00pm a Second World War bombshell was found in the Millrace Manor estate. A number of houses were evacuated and the Mace convenience store was shut for a period of time. The police were called in and the mortar bomb was found incapable of exploding.
[edit] See also
- List of villages in Northern Ireland
- List of towns in Northern Ireland
- Market Houses in Northern Ireland
[edit] External links
- Moneymore and Draperstown: The Architecture and Planning of the Estates of the Drapers Company in Ulster
- Moneymore Market Houses
- Photos of the town taken around 1920
[edit] References
- ^ Moneymore station. Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2007-09-06.
