Moville
Moville
Bun an Phobail | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Moville Market Square | |
  Moville Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 55°11′20″N 7°2′26″W / 55.18889°N 7.04056°W | |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Population (2016)[1] | 1,480 |
| Irish Grid Reference | C648397 |
Moville (moh-VIL; Irish: Bun an Phobail)[2] is a coastal town located on the Inishowen Peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland, close to the northern tip of the island of Ireland. It is the first coastal town of the Wild Atlantic Way when starting on the northern end.
Location
The town has a scenic location on the western shore of Lough Foyle, approximately 30 kilometres (20 mi) from Derry,[3] which lies across the border in Northern Ireland. Features include Moville Green, a large seaside park in the Victorian style which features bandstands, walking trails, playgrounds, a coastal footpath and views east across the waters of the lough to Northern Ireland. Moville is close to several beaches, and receives visitors and daytrippers in the summer months.[citation needed]
Moville Community College is located to the south of the town centre, in the townland of Carrownaff.[4]
History
In the second half of the 19th century, Moville was a point of embarkation for travellers, especially emigrants, to Canada and the United States of America. Steamships of the Anchor Line of Glasgow, and others en route from Glasgow to New York City called at Moville to pick up additional passengers. Today, the town receives little maritime traffic but retains a small fishing harbour. The commercial fishing port at Greencastle lies a few miles away.
The Montgomerys of New Park were a landed family of the town, the ancestors of Field-Marshal Montgomery. When flying over the town in 1947 he commented: "It looks just the same. My dear old Irish home".[5] His grandfather Robert had built Montgomery Terrace in 1884.[6]
Festivals
An annual regatta is held at Moville every year in August, and has done so since early in the 19th century.[citation needed]
Several music festivals take place in the area annually, including a festival of Bob Dylan music (DylanFest) which has taken place since 2007,[7] and a festival of Beatles' music (BeatlesFest) which takes place in August.[8]
Notable people
- Robert Montgomery, colonial administrator[9]
- Sheila McClean, painter[10]
- Art Parkinson, actor[11]
Gallery
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Maguire's Pub, established 1871. -
Malin Road, Moville -
Carrickarory Pier at night - Lights of Magilligan prison on left. -
View of Moville's Green and Lough Foyle coast -
![Roman Catholic Parish Church of St. Pius X with a dodecagonal lantern, built in 1956—1958[12]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Moville_Church_of_Saint_Pius_X_2014_09_10.jpg/120px-Moville_Church_of_Saint_Pius_X_2014_09_10.jpg)
Roman Catholic Parish Church of St. Pius X with a dodecagonal lantern, built in 1956—1958[12]
![Roman Catholic Parish Church of St. Pius X with a dodecagonal lantern, built in 1956—1958[12]](/wiki/File:Moville_Church_of_Saint_Pius_X_2014_09_10.jpg)
References
- ^ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Moville". census.cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Bun an Phobail / Moville". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Samuel Lewis. 1837.
- ^ "Moville Community College - Contact Us". movillecc.ie. Moville Community College. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Notes on the 1947 visit". Movilleinishowen.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.
- ^ "Black and White Postcards Moville Inishowen Co Donegal". Movilleinishowen.com. NE Inishowen Company. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.
- ^ "Dylanfest event to take place in Derry in 2018". derryjournal.com. Derry Journal. 18 December 2017.
- ^ "BeatlesFest Moville Programme of Events 2017". inishowennews.com. Inishowen News Donegal. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Montgomery, Sir Robert (1809–1887)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19075. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Sheila McClean's vibrant personality and life matched her art". irishnews.com. Irish News. 13 August 2016.
- ^ "Donegal teenager Art Parkinson gets his Hollywood break in new disaster film". bbc.com. BBC News. 1 June 2015.
- ^ "Parish History". Moville Parish, Derry Diocese, Ireland. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
