Moneyglass
Moneyglass (from Irish: Muine Glas)[1][2] is a small village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Moneyglass is near Toome and Lough Beg. It had a population of 103 people (38 households) in the 2011 Census.[3] (2001 Census: 90 people)
Moneyglass Catholic church
People
- Champion National Hunt jockey and 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year winner, Sir Tony McCoy, who was appointed an OBE in 2010 and was knighted in 2016, was born in Moneyglass. McCoy is known to be a fan of Moneyglass GAC.
- Willie John McBride, rugby union player, capped for Ireland on 63 occasions, 12 as Captain, is a native of Moneyglass but now lives in Ballyclare.
- Audrey Gallagher, Irish singer whose vocals feature on many dance tracks, namely John O'Callaghan's "Big Sky" and Armin van Buuren's "Hold on to Me". Gallagher also provided vocals for alternative metal band Scheer.
gollark: How could you POSSIBLY sanely compute that?
gollark: Good idea.
gollark: > @Emankcin Driew let's see if that argument holds in a court of lawIt won't, because the law says that patents are a thing.
gollark: The tax should probably go up over time on each patent.
gollark: Maybe make it so you get taxed some % of a patent's value each year. You might say "hmm but how do we calculate value". Simple! Make it so that you *specify* the value, and anyone who is willing to pay that much can buy it off you/pay for it to enter the public domain for that much.
References
- Placenames NI Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Placenames Database of Ireland
- "Moneyglass". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
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