Ballymoyer (Baile an Mhaoir)

United Kingdom / Northern Ireland / Markethill /
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Ballymoyer is derived from the 'moar' or keeper of the Book of Armagh, with the safekeeping entrusted to the MacMoyer family from at least 1367 when the name appears in the Archbishop's register. The family held a considerable amount of land in the area and a 1609 inquisition records that they held eight townlands, 'time out of mind', from the archbishop.
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Coordinates:   54°12'57"N   6°31'48"W
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