April 20, 2024

Congrats on our Anniversary!

April 20, 2024/ Pauline Mahon

Congratulations to the Moygownagh Rambling House stalwarts on reaching the first anniversary of the group's inseption. Thursday April 20th 2023 saw a fledgling party of three people meet at the back of St. Cormac's Church, to discuss ways in which to entice people out, to meet and connect with each other, in the aftermath of the stress and fear that evolved from the covid 19 pandemic. It was hoped that people would immerse themselves back into the company of friends and neighbours, bi-monthly, in a safe space, after living through the stringent restrictions, imposed on their former social liberties. Thank you to everyone who has embraced this ethos, by participating in song, music and banter, also to our colleagues who pampered us with their culinary treats. Your ongoing generosity is what has made our Ramblers Group a success story. Congrats on our Anniversary!

Author: Pauline Mahon

Moygownagh

Moygownagh (Gaelic - Magh Gamhnach) is a rural village and parish in North Mayo. Situated between the towns of Ballycastle and Crossmolina, it has a population of 585. The parish derives its name from an ancient 7th century legend where a wandering St. Cormac met St. Daria, the abbess of a monastery along the banks of the Owenmore river. She treated him so hospitably that he blessed her and her lands so that they would abound in milch cows (fertile cows with milk) thereafter the area became known as "the plain of the milch cows" or "Magh Gamhnach".

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