Maigh Cuilinn

Moycullen, known in Irish as Maigh Cuilinn (the Plain of the Holly), derives its name from the Gaelic maigh (plain) and cuilinn (holly tree), a straightforward geographic descriptor. The townland and civil parish take their identity from the medieval parish church, now in ruins, situated approximately one mile east of the modern village in the townland of Moycullen itself, with a burial ground ...