Till the recent past, Moira has been known for its typical, large bananas (known as Mundollchim kellim in Konkani) that grew in the area.

[2] Historian the late Dr. Teotónio de Souza published a brochure on Moirá for its church's 350th anniversary in 1986.

[4] The mass conversions of Moira villagers to Christianity are believed to have happened around 1619, according to De Souza.

This conflicts with the account by Paulo de Trindade, who said that the church was financed entirely by local villagers.

The two Flemish brothers—diamond dealers Jacques and Joseph de Coutre—lived in Goa at the time the church was being built.

Moira village has seen a lot of out-migration, including as part of early Goan migration to then British-ruled Africa, in the 20th century.

Blessed as they are with fertile land, they have used Nature's gift to raise many crops - rice, chillies, vegetables, bananas.

[7]Glenis Maria D'Souza writes of the village and its people: "If you behave a little idiosyncratic [sic] in Goa, don't be surprised if you are called a 'Moidekar'.

[7] Leroy Veloso, who has studied local genealogy issues, says that there are five vangodd (founding families, or clans) in Moira.