placenamesMoyvore
Maigh Mhórdha
A former Presbyterian church and the primary school record different periods of village life.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Maigh Mhórdha · Irish · main form · validated name
- Moyvore · English · main form
Place & story
From church to community centre
The community centre occupies Moyvore’s former Presbyterian church at the eastern end of the village. The architectural survey records its closure as a church around 1950 and conversion around 1975. Pointed windows retain dressed limestone surrounds, with a circular window above the former main entrance. [2]
The primary school
Moyvore Primary School stands on the R392 in the village. Its own account dates the building to 1942–43 and records subsequent renovations. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Rathconrath
- Civil parish
- Templepatrick
- Within
- Moyvore
- Coordinates
- 53.53540, -7.63799 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413829 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moyvore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Moyvore Community Centre: NIAH 15401705 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Moyvore Primary School: Welcome · Moyvore Primary School
- Moyvore National School, as photographed in April 2008 illustration: based on a Primary school by kevin higgins. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.