Moyaliff


Moyaliff is a civil parish and townland in County Tipperary, Ireland. The civil parish is in the barony of Kilnamanagh Upper. It has 31 townlands in total; 27 of these townlands are in the Roman Catholic Parish of Upperchurch-Drombane, three in the Roman Catholic parish of Holycross-Ballycahill and one townland Moyaliff itself shared between the two.
The name is composed of two Irish words: Maigh, meaning 'plain' and "Ailbhe", Irish for Alvy, giving the full name of Maigh Ailbhe or Alvy's Plain.

Townlands

The civil parish has 31 townlands:
  • Áth Longfoirt/Allengort
  • Béal Átha an Oidhre/Ballynera
  • Béal Átha hUachtair/Ballyoughter
  • An Cillín Liath/Killinleigh
  • An Cláirín/Clareen
  • Cluain Uí Thorpa/Clonyharp
  • Cnoc an Charna Duibh/Knockacarhanduff Commons
  • Coill Pennefather/Pennefatherswood
  • Cúil na Muine/Coolnamoney
  • An Chúlchoill/Coolkill
  • Currach na Tinne/Curraghnatinny
  • An Drom Bán/Drumbane
  • Drom Daibhche/Drumdiha
  • Dromainn an Ghabhair/Drumminagower
  • Dromainn Philib/Drumminphilip
  • Dúraí/Dooree Commons
  • Faill an Ghabhail/Foilagoule
  • An Ghléib/Glebe
  • Goirtín an Phóire/Gorteenaphoria
  • Gort an Chuaille/Gortahoola
  • Leacain Dara/Lackandarra
  • An Lisín/Lisheen
  • Maigh Ailbhe/Moyaliff
  • Ros Caoin Beag/Roskeen Little
  • Ros Caoin Theas/Roskeen South
  • Ros Caoin Thuaidh/Roskeen North
  • Ros Caoin/Roskeen
  • Ros Moilt/Rosmult
  • Ros na gCeanannaí/Rosnacananee
  • An Seanbhaile Dubh/Shanballyduff
  • Tuairín Cuileannach/Tooreencullinag

Historical barony

According to the Down Survey of Ireland, part of the historical parish of Moyaliff was in the now defunct barony of Killnelongurty.