Moygashel

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Moygashel is a small village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is near the southern edge of Dungannon. Although the village's name is pronounced (moy-gashel), the trademark of the Irish linen named after it is pronounced (moy-ga-shell). Moygashel is predominantly Protestant with 93% of its population recorded as being Protestant in a 2021 census. 2% of the village is Catholic and 5% is recorded as "other" or "none".

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One of the bombers killed in the Miami Showband massacre, Wesley Somerville—who was an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) member—was from Moygashel. He is commemorated by a plaque and banner in the village.

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