Moate Ireland

A couple of years ago Danny began looking into his family history.  He wanted to start a new Facebook group that no one else had thought of and decide to start the 'People Named Moate' group.  While Googling the name 'Moate' he found the small town of Moate, Ireland.  It is located about 50 miles west of Dublin in central Ireland.  Although his family is not from there it is still a pretty cool thing to find a town so far away with your name.



Abandond Moate Train Depot

 In Moate's histroy it was an important market place and Quaker village.  There are still examples of the Quaker houses along Moate Mainstreet.  In 1851 the train station opened in Moate so commercial good could be be brought to and from Dublin.  In 1974 commercial goods stopped passing through and in 1987 so did the passengers, now the train depot sits abandoned. 

This lovely little town really likes it's name and names everything in town after it.  There is the Moate Castle, the Moatete B&B, the Moate Sports store...and so on.

I hope some day to be able to visit Moate and walk the streets and see my name on every building and every sign.