Talk:Moylgrove

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Merge[edit]

It's spelled Moylgrove!! Suggest redirect. . . .LinguisticDemographer 14:28, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's the spelling according to Ordnance Survey, but the BBC and Western Telegraph use "Moylegrove", and this appears to be the more common spelling of the name. snigbrook (talk) 20:19, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

After several months of the merge tag being in place, I was bold and merged the two pages at the title "Moylgrove", the spelling used on the Ordnance Survey. Whichever version they prefer, the most important thing is that we not have two articles on the same subject (and containing exactly the same information) with slightly different titles. If anyone thinks "Moylegrove" would be a better title, we can have a move discussion.--Cúchullain ^t/c 19:22, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Origin of name[edit]

I'd like to suggest a possible origin for the name. The Moylegrove web site states: "The origin of Trewyddel seems to be. Tre-Gwyddel which translates to Irishmans Town". In Irish (and Scots) gaelic "maoile" mean "bald head", and in Ireland it was used as a slang term for monks (presumably because of their tonsure). The web site also states: "Matilda, who married Robert Fitzmartin, gave Moylegrove as part of her dowry to St Dogmaels Abbey". So if there was an Irish communuity there they may well have referred to the village as "monks' grove" i.e. "maoile grove".

This is entirely supposition. It would be interesting to know if there are any documents referring to the Irish community in the 13th century, and how they referred to the village. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Renniej (talk • contribs) 13:42, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]