An Mhaoil

An Mhaoil (Moyles) derives from the Irish word 'maol', meaning a bare or flat-topped hillock—a precise geographical descriptor for the topography of this townland in the Donaghmoyne Civil Parish of Farney Barony. The townland of 96 acres lies within a parish of considerable ecclesiastical antiquity. Donaghmoyne, the ancient 'Domhnach Maighen' or 'church of the plain', was a centre of early Chri...