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:''Moneymore is also the name of a farming district near [[Milton, New Zealand]].''
:''Moneymore is also the name of a large housing estate in [[Moneymore, Drogheda|Drogheda, Ireland]].''
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name= Moneymore
|irish_name= Muine Mór
|scots_name=
|local_name=
|static_image_name=St John's Desertlynn Church of Ireland - geograph.org.uk - 78225.jpg
|static_image_caption=<small>St John's Desertlynn Church of Ireland, in Moneymore</small>
|map_type= Northern Ireland
|latitude= 54.692
|longitude= -6.670
|label_position=none
|belfast_distance=
|unitary_northern_ireland=[[Cookstown District Council|Cookstown]]
| population = 1369
| population_ref = <small>([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]])</small>
|irish_grid_reference=H8583
|country= Northern Ireland
|post_town= MAGHERAFELT
|postcode_area= BT
|postcode_district= BT45
|dial_code= 028
|constituency_westminster= [[Mid Ulster (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Ulster]]
|constituency_ni_assembly= [[Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)|Mid Ulster]]
|lieutenancy_northern_ireland=[[County Londonderry]]
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'''Moneymore''' ({{Irish derived place name|Muine Mór|large thicket or large hill}})<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/58103.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland]</ref> is a [[village]] and [[townland]] in [[County Londonderry]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It had a population of 1,369 in the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]].
It is an example of a [[Plantation of Ulster|Plantation]] village in Mid-Ulster. It was the first town in [[Ulster]] to have piped water.
==Geography==
Moneymore lies in a [[glen]]. The Ballymully River flows through the southern part of the village. The river rises on a large hill, [[Slieve Gallion]] (one of the [[Sperrins]]), which has a radio tower on top. The village is about 35 miles from the sea to the north.
==History==
Originally built by the [[Worshipful Company of Drapers]], the village was held in such esteem that they invested in a large scale reconstruction during 1817. During [[The Troubles]], seven people were killed in or near Moneymore in violence related to the conflict, six of them by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA]] and one by the [[Ulster Defence Association|UDA]].
{{see also|The Troubles in Moneymore}}
==People==
*Walter Greer is a member of the [[Ulster Unionist Party]]. He is a local councillor in Cookstown District Council.
*Suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams]] lived in Moneymore for a few years in the first decade of the twentieth century. He became a general practitioner and moved to [[Eastbourne]] in 1922. He was charged in 1957 with the murder of two patients but was controversially acquitted. He was, however, suspected of causing the death of 163 other patients.
*[[Richard William Enraght]] was an Anglican priest and religious controversialist. He was born in Moneymore on the 23 February 1837, the son of the Reverend Matthew Enraght the Assistant Curate of the parish.<ref>From the baptismal registers of St John's church Desertlyn</ref>
* Brian Weir is a relatively famous 21st century explorer, was the first to climb to the summit of [[Mount Gee]], South Australia (2,099 ft). Well known for being of a dubious nature. He was born and raised on a small farm holding on the outskirts of Moneymore. He has recently published his autobiography ''I Brian : A Modern Day Napoleon''. He now resides in Geneva, Switzerland.
*Author and musician [[Rodney Orpheus]] was born and raised in Moneymore.
*Hugh McCloy Independent 'Save the Mid' Candidate for Mid Ulster during the [[Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011|2011 Assembly Election]]. Also former member of the Fathers 4 Justice groups that campaigned for equal rights for fathers to see their children upon separation [http://news.realfathersforjustice.org/index.php?itemid=247 Hugh McCloy doing a Fathers 4 Justice stunt at The Opera House in Belfast]
==Places of interest==
The most notable building in the town is the 17th century Plantation house, [[Springhill, Northern Ireland|Springhill]], built and owned by the [[Conyngham, later Lenox-Conyngham]] family but since 1957 in the ownership of the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]].
Moneymore Model Village depicts life in rural Ulster at the time of the Plantation.
==Transport==
*[[Moneymore railway station]] opened on 10 November 1856 and shut on 2 May 1955.<ref>{{cite web | title=Moneymore station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-09-06|format=PDF}}</ref>
==Amenities==
Moneymore has a surgery which serves villages such as [[The Loup]], [[Ballyronan]] and [[Desertmartin]]. As well as that, Moneymore has Dalriada Emergency Surgery which is 24/7. It also has a [[post office]], [[pharmacy]], a number of convenience stores, a privately owned bus service, a privately owned crane company, and a privately owned bicycle shop. Until July 2006 there was a [[Police Service of Northern Ireland]] (PSNI) station.
The [[General practitioner|GP]] in the Village's Surgery is Dr. Josef Kuriacose who spoke out against the lack of staff at Antrim Area Hsoptial and featured on [[BBC Newsline]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16621447 | work=BBC News | title=Doctor would not be treated in Antrim Hospital | date=18 January 2012}}</ref>
==Sport==
*[[Moneymore GAC]] is the local [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] club.
==Schools==
There are two primary schools in Moneymore: [[Moneymore Primary School]] (the state [[Primary education|primary school]]) and [[St. Patrick's Primary School, Moneymore|St. Patrick's Primary School]] (a [[Roman Catholic]] primary school). Most children of secondary school age attend one of the schools in nearby [[Cookstown]] or [[Magherafelt]].
==Churches==
*St. John's Church (Church of Ireland)
*Church of SS John & Trea (Roman Catholic)
*Moneymore First Presbyterian Church
*Moneymore Second Presbyterian Church
*Moneymore Congregational Church
*Moneymore Gospel Hall
==2001 Census==
Moneymore is classified as a village by the [http://www.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)] (i.e. with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,369 people living in Moneymore. Of these:
*25.0% were aged under 16 years and 16.1% were aged 60 and over
*45.29% of the population were male and 52.1% were female
*47.8% were from a [[Catholic]] background and 51.0% were from a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] background;
*3.1% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.
For more details see: [http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information Service]
==Trivia==
55 Rockview Park, a terraced house in Moneymore, was reportedly haunted.
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4703787.stm]
On Friday 15 February 2008 at 11.00pm a Second World War bombshell was found in the Millrace Manor estate. A number of houses were evacuated and the Mace convenience store was shut for a period of time. The police were called in and the mortar bomb was found incapable of exploding.
==See also==
*[[Market Houses in Northern Ireland]]
==External links==
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*[http://freespace.virgin.net/mp.hearth/Moneymore.html Moneymore and Draperstown: The Architecture and Planning of the Estates of the Drapers Company in Ulster]
*[http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/derry/moneymoreMH.html Moneymore Market Houses]
*[http://www.jonnie5.com/?p=122 Photos of the town taken around 1920]
*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2002/mar/21/hospitals.publicvoices2 Moneymore GP]
==References==
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{{County Londonderry}}
[[Category:Villages in County Londonderry]]
[[Category:Townlands of County Londonderry]]
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