Noughaval
Nuachabháil
Village
Noughaval is located in Ireland
Noughaval
Noughaval
Coordinates: 53°01′00″N 9°10′57″W / 53.016629°N 9.182557°W / 53.016629; -9.182557
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Clare
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Noughaval (Irish: Nuachabháil[1]) is a small village in the townland with the same name in County Clare, Ireland.

It is said to be the site where St. Mogua founded a monastery. The name means so much as "new monastic settlement". The old church is from the twelfth century but using older stonework.[2]

The present church is the Church of St. Mochua. This was originally a Protestant church in 1860, located in Ballyvaughan, but carefully disassembled and moved to Noughaval. It entered service again in 1943.[3]

A stone pillar near the church is said to be a market cross.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Placenames Database - Nuachabháil/Noughaval". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Noughaval, County Clare". www.earlychristianireland.net.
  3. ^ O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 189
  4. ^ "The History and Topography of the County of Clare by James Frost: Chapter 3 - Noughaval Parish". www.clarelibrary.ie.


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