Moygownagh - St Cormac’s Catholic church

St Cormac’s church, built during the Great Famine, has recently been extensively renovated and beautifully restored by the parishioners and extensive Moygownagh diaspora.

Our parish priest is Very Rev. Mattie McGrath SMA, Adm. and he may be contacted at 096-31288.

Standard times for Sunday Mass is 11am. Please see our weekly bulletin for all details and upcoming Masses.

Our Masses are also streamed online via ChurchTV. Click the link above to watch.

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".

St Cormac's Church

Moygownagh - St Cormac’s Catholic church

Moygownagh