placenamesMoyallan
Maigh Alúine
A linen-family house and the Quaker meeting place record different aspects of Moyallan’s history.
The name
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
- Maigh Alúine · Irish · main form · validated name
- Moyallan · English · main form
Place & story
Moyallon House
Moyallon House was built for Thomas Christy Wakefield in 1794. It passed to John Grubb Richardson, whose enlargement of the house was recorded in the valuation of 1863. The building reflects wealth generated by the linen trade and preserves a courtyard and associated estate buildings. [2]
A continuing meeting place
The Friends Meeting House and Moyallon Centre share a rural site off Stramore Road. In 2017 the centre marked ten years since opening. Lynn Benson's report to the Ulster Quarterly Meeting recorded its use by a variety of groups, with bookings supporting running costs and gifts funding particular projects. [3] [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Iveagh Lower, Upper Half
- Civil parish
- Tullylish
- Within
- Moyallan
- Coordinates
- 54.38749, -6.36813 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413291 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moyallan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Moyallon House, HB17/01/023 A · Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division
- Ulster Quarterly Meeting, 16 September 2017 · Lynn Benson
- Location of Moyallon Centre · Moyallon Centre
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-08. How this page was prepared.