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Townland

Moy

An Maigh

Moy is a townland in Tyrone. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Watercolour and fine ink view of a stone church across a broad lawn, with a square clock tower, corner pinnacles and low gabled side wings.
Illustration, St James's Church of Ireland in Moy, County Tyrone, as photographed in October 2007
Recorded locationMoy54.44902° N · 6.69694° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

maighplain

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • An Maigh · Irish · main form
  • Moy · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Tyrone
Civil parish
Clonfeacle
Coordinates
54.44902, -6.69694
Mapped area
1 km²
Logainm ID
1166436 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Moy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  3. St James's Church of Ireland, Moy, County Tyrone illustration: based on a St. James' Church of Ireland, Parish of Moy and Charlemont, Main Street, Moy. by P Flannagan. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.