Moygashel


Moygashel is a small village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is near the southern edge of Dungannon. Although the village's name is pronounced, the trademark of the Irish linen named after it is pronounced .

History

Moygashel is a mill town and mills have been in operation there since 1795. A group of Huguenot settlers established an Irish linen weaving company there, weaving some of the finest linens in the world.

The Linen Green

The Linen Green is built on the site of a former linen mill. It was established in 1993 by Moygashel Community Development Association as the first factory outlet village in Ireland. The Moygashel Linen Visitors' Centre is also based there. The complex offers clothing, food, giftware and a physiotherapist.

Schools

One of the bombers killed in the Miami Showband massacre, Wesley Somerville—who was an Ulster Volunteer Force and Ulster Defence Regiment member—was from Moygashel. He is commemorated by a plaque and banner in the village.