Moneygall
Moneygall
Muine Gall ( IST (WEST)) | |
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Irish Grid Reference | S028811 |
Moneygall (
The village received international attention for being the ancestral home of Falmouth Kearney, a maternal great-great-great-grandfather of Barack Obama. Obama visited the village in 2011.
Moneygall is in the Dáil constituency of Laois Offaly (Dáil constituency). It was in the former constituency of Offaly and was one term in the Tipperary North Dáil constituency.[7]
Transport
Moneygall is on the R445 regional road and close to the M7 motorway where Junction 23 provides access to the village.
Bus Éireann no longer provides a service to Moneygall[8] but some of JJ Kavanagh and Sons services between Dublin Airport and Shannon Airport continue to stop in the village.[9] As at 2019 bus service 854, operated by Local Link Tipperary, between Roscrea railway station and Nenagh calls at Main Street and Obama Plaza. The service operates seven days a week.[10][11]
There is no train station in the village but the nearest stations are in
The closest airport with scheduled passenger services is Shannon Airport in County Clare.
Education
There is one
Children travel mainly to either
Sport
While all of the village is located in County Offaly, the Gaelic Athletic Association playing field is located in County Tipperary, and Moneygall GAA play in the Tipperary GAA Championships.
Moneygall FC opened its new grounds in 2017 in the centre of the village. The club, while based in Offaly, compete in North Tipperary. [citation needed]
Demographics
As of the
Connection with Barack Obama
Falmouth Kearney, a maternal great-great-great-grandfather of
On 23 May 2011, Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, visited Moneygall as part of a visit to Ireland.[16] They were welcomed by 5,000 people and greeted upon arrival by the President's eighth cousin, Henry Healy.[17] Following a walkabout on the main street, where they shook hands with many local residents, the Obamas entered a house that had been built on the site where Falmouth Kearney had lived. Afterwards, they visited Ollie Hayes's pub to meet more of the President's distant relatives and to study the birth records of his ancestors. President and Mrs. Obama drank Irish stout to the traditional toast, sláinte (meaning "good health"), and Mrs. Obama went behind the bar to learn how to pull a pint.[18][19][20]
The Barack Obama Plaza service area was opened at Junction 23 of the M7 on the outskirts of Moneygall in June 2014.[21][22][23]
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Presidential helicopter "Marine One" flies to Moneygall
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Henry Healy greets his eighth cousin, Barack Obama
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A large crowd watches President Obama's approach
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Michelle Obama pours a pint of stout
Notable people
- Patrick Cronin, priest, Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro (1970–1988)[citation needed]
- Joseph Prosser, recipient of the Victoria Cross[citation needed]
See also
- List of towns and villages in Ireland
- Irish immigration to the United States
References
- ^ "Ordnance Survey Map". osi.ie. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ a b c "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Moneygall". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Moneygall / Muine Gall". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ "County Development Plan - Moneygall". Offaly County Council.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Cloughjordan - Diocese of Killaloe". ireland.anglican.org. Church of Ireland. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
- ^ "Borrisnafarney Church of Ireland Church, Ballycormick, County Offaly". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Waterford – Tipperary – Laois – Offaly – Kildare area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 14 July 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "JJ Kavanagh - Scheduled Services". Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ "New daily services from Local Link". The Nenagh Guardian. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Local Link Tipperary announces 2 New Daily Bus Services". locallinktipperary.ie. Local Link Tipperary. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Irish Rail". irishrail.ie.[not specific enough to verify]
- ^ "Moneygall Former Chapel of Ease, Moneygall, County Offaly". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-4064-2654-0
- ^ "Rector traces Obama's Irish roots". BBC. 3 May 2007.
- RTÉ News and Current Affairs. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ "Locals savour every minute of American dream". The Irish Times. 23 May 2011.
- ^ "The day O'bama stormed Moneygall". The Irish Times. 24 May 2011.
- ^ "President Barack Obama watches as First Lady Michelle Obama draws a pint". White House Flickr account. 23 May 2011.
- ^ "Barack And Michelle Obama Pour Guinness". Business Insider. 23 May 2011.
- ^ "Moneygall Motorway Service - Quinn Architects | Quinn Architects". quinnarchitects.ie. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Moneygall to get a 'Barack Obama Plaza', creating 60 new jobs". thejournal.ie. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Barack Obama Plaza creates 60 new jobs for Moneygall". Offaly Independent. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
External links
- Picture album of President Obama's visit, Offaly County Council
- President Barack Obama And First Lady Michelle Obama Visit Ireland, White House picture album of the Obamas' visit