Moynoe
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Moynoe
Maigh nEo | |
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Civil parish | |
  Moynoe Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°55′23″N 8°30′39″W / 52.923031°N 8.510855°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Clare |
Moynoe (Irish: Maigh nEo[1]) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is part of the Roman Catholic parish of Scarriff and Moynoe.
Moynoe parish lies in the barony of Tulla Upper. It is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Scariff. The parish is 7 by 2.75 miles (11.27 by 4.43 km) and covers 9,848 acres (3,985 ha). On the northern boundary Lough Atorick has a surface-elevation of 450 feet (140 m) above sea-level. Most of the parish, apart from a district of 2.5 miles (4.0 km) beside Scariff bay on Lough Derg, is in the Slieve-Baughta mountains.[2]