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About Moylough

Moylough is a village in County Galway, 40 km north-east of Galway city, with 518 people at the 2016 census. The plain of the lake, 5 km from Mountbellew, with a Norman tower house of the 1200s and a statue of Enda Colleran in the middle of the village.

Population
518 (2016 census)
Where
40 km from Galway, 154 km from Dublin
Position
53.4881° N, 8.5678° W
In Irish
Maigh Locha
Twinned with
Elliant, Brittany, since 1998
On the model
703 buildings, 8 streets, 62 places in 19 kinds
Read more
Moylough on Wikipedia
The 3D model of Moylough with every named place pinned

A short history

  1. Early times
    Soghain. Part of the ancient kingdom of the Soghain of Connacht.
  2. 13th century
    Moylough Castle. The tower house tied to the Norman de Cotterell and de Cogeshale families.
  3. About 1830
    The church. The Catholic church in Moylough More townland.
  4. 26 January 1906
    The shortest-serving MP. Thomas Higgins of Moylough was declared elected for the Irish Parliamentary Party after his death.
  5. 1998
    Elliant. Twinned, with Mountbellew, with the Breton village.
  6. 2016
    518 people. The census count for the village.

The full history, 6 moments in order

What to see

  1. The Enda Colleran memorial8 m

    The statue of the Galway footballer in the centre.

  2. Moylough Castle838 m

    The thirteenth-century tower house, 800 m out.

  3. Castle Bellew2.3 km

    The Bellew demesne, 2.3 km away.

  4. The old forge4.4 km

    The forge museum at Mountbellew, 4.4 km off.

  5. Ballinlass6.7 km

    The eviction memorial 6.7 km away.

All the things to see and do

Questions people ask

Where is Moylough?
In County Galway, in the province of Connacht, in the west of Ireland: 40 km north-east of Galway city and 154 km west of Dublin, on the N63, with the R328 and R364.
What is the population of Moylough?
518 people at the 2016 census.
What is there in Moylough?
On the map, 62 named places in 19 kinds: 2 places to eat and drink, 3 shops, 3 schools, churches and public buildings, and 50 things to see within 12 km.
What is Moylough known for?
Enda Colleran's statue, the Norman tower house, Eddie O'Sullivan, and Thomas Higgins, elected to Westminster after his death.

Getting around

Moylough sits on the N63, with the R328 and R364. 3 bus stops and 0 car parks are on the map.

History, sights and civic facts summarise Wikipedia, "Moylough" (CC BY-SA 4.0, read 2026-09-19). Population is the CSO census as listed there. Distances and everything on the model are OpenStreetMap.