Moneymore (Irish: Muine Mór) is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, lying near Lough Neagh. Its name comes from the Irish Muine Mór or Big Thicket. It had a population of 1,369 people in the 2001 Census. It is in the Cookstown District Council area. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Derry Area: 2,074 km² Population (est. ... Motto: [citation needed] (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, NI Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair... Lough Neagh Lough Neagh (pronounced ; Irish Loch nEathach ) in Northern Ireland is the largest lough, or body of freshwater by surface area, in the British Isles, with an area of 388 square kilometres. ... UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ... Cookstown District Council is a Local Council covering an area partly in County Tyrone and partly in County Londonderry. ...

It is perhaps the best preserved example of a Plantation village in Mid-Ulster. Moneymore features the wide streets and substantial buildings constructed in a precise order which is characteristic of Plantation architecture. œThe Plantation of Ulster was a planned process of colonisation which took place in the northern Irish province of Ulster during the early 17th century in the reign of James I of England. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ...

Among its public service buildings it has a medical centre, post office, pharmacy and a privately owned bus service, called Chambers' Coach Hire. It obtained broadband capability during 2005. Until July 2006 there was a PSNI police station. The main convenience store is a Spar complex that was established in the early 1990s and has since been renovated three times. Most recently, it incorporated the local butcher. Spar also sells petrol from the Texaco oil company. Other shops include a local Newsagents, J. Lawrence, McNicholl's Clothes Shop, Allister's Bakery, a Costcutter and two Chip Shops, the Golden Chip and the Village Takeaway. There is a Chinese Take-Away called 'Calorie' which was established in 1986 by Joe Tsang and his family and was sold in 2003 to the Teng family. Tsang has since opened a new Chinese Restaurant, called Paragon, in Cookstown 5 miles from Moneymore. Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ... Bowl of Hygeia Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον = drug) is a transitional field between health sciences and chemical sciences and a profession charged with ensuring the safe use of medication. ... Broadband in telecommunications is a term which refers to a signaling method which includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies which may be divided into channels or frequency bins. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is the police service that covers Northern Ireland. ... This article is about the convenience store. ... See also 1990s, the band Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... Texaco is the name of an American oil company that was merged into Chevron Corporation in 2001. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up 曾 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Teng (鄧), a Chinese surname; commonly spelt this way in Taiwan. ... Cookstown (An Chorr Chríochach in Irish) is a town in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, with a population of 10,646 people (in the 2001 Census). ...

Geography

Moneymore is situated in a valley, and has an average elavation of 920m. It has a latitude of 54:41:28N and a longitude of 6:39:50W. The Ballinderry River flows through the southern part of the village. The river rises on a large hill, Slieve Gallion (one of the Sperrin Mountains) which has a notable radio tower on its summit, and can be seen clearly from most of the district. The village is about 35 miles from the sea to the north. The Sperrins, or Sperrin Mountains, are a range of hills in Ulster and one of the largest upland areas in Ireland. ...

These old images of the town were scanned from post cards. It is not known when they were taken (dating from around 1920). The recent pictures were taken on the 9th February 1999.

History

Originally built by the Worshipful Company of Drapers, the village was held in such esteem that they invested in a large scale reconstruction as recently as 1817. Arms of the Drapers Company The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London; it has the formal name of The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of the Mystery of... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The Troubles

Between 1974 and 1993, seven people died in or near Moneymore, as a result of the The Troubles. For more information see The Troubles in Moneymore, which includes a list of incidents in Moneymore during the Troubles. The Troubles is a term used to describe a period of sporadic communal violence involving paramilitary organisations, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), the British Army and others in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s until the late 1990s ending with the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998. ... The Troubles in Moneymore recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Moneymore, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ...

Places of interest

The most notable building in the town is the 17th century Plantation house, Springhill, built and owned by the Conyngham, later Lenox-Conyngham family but since 1957 in the ownership of the National Trust. The property is on the outskirts of the town and is sign posted from the Main Street. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Springhill is a 17th century Plantation house in Ballydrum near Moneymore, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a British preservation organization. ...

Education

There are two primary schools in Moneymore: Moneymore Primary School is its Protestant primary school with 156 children and *St. Patrick's Primary School is its Catholic primary school. Moneymore Primary School is a primary school located in Moneymore, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ... Protestantism is one of three main groups currently within Christianity. ... Primary or elementary education consists of the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ...

Places of Worship

• St. John's Church (Church of Ireland)
• Church of SS John & Trea (Roman Catholic)
• Moneymore First Presbyterian Church
• Moneymore Second Presbyterian Church
• Moneymore Congregational Church
• Moneymore Gospel Hall

2001 Census

Moneymore is classified as a village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,369 people living in Moneymore. Of these: April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

• 25.0% were aged under 16 years and 16.1% were aged 60 and over
• 47.9% of the population were male and 52.1% were female
• 47.8% were from a Catholic background and 51.0% were from a Protestant background;
• 3.1% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service Protestantism is one of three main groups currently within Christianity. ...

Trivia

55 Rockview Park, a terraced house in Moneymore, was reportedly haunted. [1]

References

• Culture Northern Ireland

See also

• List of villages in Northern Ireland
• List of towns in Northern Ireland
• List of Irish Towns with a Market House

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External links

• Moneymore and Draperstown: The Architecture and Planning of the Estates of the Drapers Company in Ulster
• Moneymore Market Houses
• Pictures of Moneymore