Moville
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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Urban | 1,481 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | C648397 |
Moville (Maigh Bhile or Bun an Phobail in Irish, having the same etymology as Movilla Abbey) is a town and coastal resort on the Inishowen Peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland, close to the northern tip of the island of Ireland.
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Location
The town enjoys a scenic location on the eastern shore of Lough Foyle, some 30 km from Derry, which lies across the border in Northern Ireland. Its most attractive feature is its handsome Green, a large seaside park in the Victorian style which features bandstands, walking trails, playgrounds, a coastal footpath and sweeping views east across the waters of the lough to Northern Ireland. As a result of this pleasant location and the proximity of several marvellous beaches, Moville receives many visitors and daytrippers in the summer months.
History
In the second half of the 19th century, Moville was a significant point of embarkation for many 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 regularly called at Moville to pick up additional passengers. Today, the town receives little maritime traffic; it retains its small fishing harbour, but the important commercial fishing port at Greencastle lies only 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".[2] His grandfather Robert had built Montgomery Terrace in 1884.[3]
An annual regatta is held at Moville every year in August, and has done so since early in the 19th century. In older times the one-man punt was popular, whereas nowadays the race of the home-made rafts brings competitors from many counties and large spectator crowds.
Europe's biggest festival of Bob Dylan music, Stuck Inside of Moville, the DylanFest on the Lough takes place in Moville every year as well as Ireland's only annual festival of Beatles music the BeatlesFest on the Lough which take place on consecutive weekends at the end of August.
Notable people
- Professor John Hume - Nobel Peace Prize Laureate resides in Moville in his retirement[citation needed]
- Professor Paul Mc Kevitt, Professor of Digital MultiMedia (Ulster University, Magee)
- Brian Friel
- Robert Montgomery
- Sheila McClean, painter
Image gallery
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Maguire's Pub, a typical Irish pub, est. 1871.
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CarrickaroryPier 2004 SeanMcClean.jpg
Carrickarory Pier at night - Lights of Magilligan prison on left.
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MovilleGreen.jpg
View of Moville's Green and Lough Foyle coast.
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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[4]
See also
References
External links
Media related to Moville at Wikimedia Commons
- Moville Records - Moville genealogy and history
- Moville Celtic FC - Moville Celtic Football Club
