Moyaliff

Moyaliff (historically Moaliffe "Mealiff", from Irish: Maigh Ailbhe)[1] is a civil parish and townland in County Tipperary, Ireland.

The civil parish is in the barony of Kilnamanagh Upper.

It has 31 townlands in total; 27 of these townlands are in the Roman Catholic Parish of Upperchurch-Drombane, three in the Roman Catholic parish of Holycross-Ballycahill and one townland Moyaliff itself shared between the two.

The name is composed of two Irish words: Maigh, meaning 'plain' and "Ailbhe", Irish for Alvy, giving the full name of Maigh Ailbhe or Alvy's Plain.

[1] The civil parish has 31 townlands:[2] According to the Down Survey of Ireland part of the historical parish of Moyaliff then known as Moaliffe was in the now defunct barony of Killnelongurty.