placenamesMoyagall
Maigh Ghuala
Local fundraising and support from emigrants on Tyneside helped build the church known as Mayogall Chapel.
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 Ghuala · Irish · main form · validated name
- Moyagall · English · main form
- Mayogall · English · main form
Place & story
Building Our Lady of Mercy
The church known as Saint Mary’s Lavey stands in Moyagall, also spelled Mayogall. James McLaughlin laid its foundation stone on 2 May 1872. Bishop Francis Kelly opened the still-unfinished building on 6 July 1873 and dedicated it to Our Lady of Mercy. Parishioners contributed to its cost, alongside Irish communities in Newcastle upon Tyne, Jarrow and Wallsend. Tipping and Company undertook its design and construction on land acquired from the Bellaghy Estate. [2]
Changes to the building
The black-stone Gothic Revival chapel received a new floor and underfloor heating before reopening in October 1961. Further work began in October 1974, adding a sacristy at the west gable and widening the south entrance. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Derry
- Barony
- Loughinsholin
- Civil parish
- Maghera
- Within
- Moyagall
- Coordinates
- 54.83965, -6.59902 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413337 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moyagall. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- A History of Saint Mary’s Lavey · James Moore, Dreenan; published by Lavey Parish
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-12-06. How this page was prepared.