Moyvane

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Moyvane (Irish: Maigh Mheáin, meaning "main or middle plain") is a small village in County Kerry in the south west of Ireland. It is situated off the N69 road between Listowel to the South-West and Tarbert to the North. The village of Knockanure lies to the immediate South.

The village had been located on the lands of Landlord George Sands in the early 1880's, and was called "NewtownSandes" up until about 1886. The village had gone through at least two name changes including "NewtownDillon" and "NewtownClarke", before residents decided through vote in 1939 to name their village "Moyvane". Even after the resident's vote, the village was still officially named "NewtownSandes" on signposts and survey maps up through the early 1990's before being changed finally to "Moyvane". However, some natives still casually refer to the village as "Newtown".

[edit] See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

[edit] External links

• Village of Moyvane
• NewtownSandes Online