Móta

Móta (Irish: "moat" or "earthen embankment") derives from a Norman motte and bailey fortification that stood in the townland, recorded in Ordnance Survey maps of the 1830s. The name appears in historical records as "Moote" during the reign of James I (1603–1625) and as "Mota" by the time of William III (1689–1702). Woodlawn developed significantly in the 18th and 19th centuries around Woodlawn ...