Noughaval, County Clare
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Noughaval (Irish: Nuachabháil[1]) is a small village in the townland with the same name in County Clare, Ireland.
It is said to be the site where St. Mogua founded a monastery. The name means so much as "new monastic settlement". The old church is from the twelfth century but using older stonework.[2]
The present church is the Church of St. Mochua. This was originally a Protestant church in 1860, located in Ballyvaughan, but carefully disassembled and moved to Noughaval. It entered service again in 1943.[3]
A stone pillar near the church is said to be a market cross.[4]
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St. Mochua Church -
Noughaval medieval church, entrance -
Noughaval medieval church -
Memorial Chapel Davoren Family -
Market stone Noughaval.jpg
See also
- Carron/New Quay, the present Catholic parish of which Noughaval is a part.
References
- ^ "Placenames Database - Nuachabháil/Noughaval". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Noughaval, County Clare". www.earlychristianireland.net.
- ISBN 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 189
- ^ "The History and Topography of the County of Clare by James Frost: Chapter 3 - Noughaval Parish". www.clarelibrary.ie.
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