Noughaval, County Clare

Noughaval (Irish: Nuachabháil) 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.

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.

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

See also

• Carron/New Quay, the present Catholic parish of which Noughaval is a part.

References

1. Noughaval
2. Clare County Council
3. Noughaval (disambiguation)
4. Doora, County Clare
5. List of monastic houses in County Clare
6. The Burren
7. List of townlands of County Clare
8. Ross
9. Ballyvaughan
10. Saint Brecan
11. Clare (Dáil constituency)
12. Carntemple
13. List of civil parishes of Ireland
14. Plassey, County Clare
15. List of monastic houses in Ireland
16. Carron/New Quay
17. Burren (barony)
18. List of townlands of County Westmeath
19. List of monastic houses in County Laois
20. Galway West (Dáil constituency)