Moyvane (Irish: Maigh Mheáin, meaning 'main or middle plain'),[1] also sometimes known as Newtownsandes,[1] is a small village in County Kerry in the south west of Ireland.

The name of "Moyvane", which in Irish is "Maigh Mheáin" meaning "the middle plain",[2] was adopted by the village in 1939 when a plebiscite was held by Father O'Sullivan, who was the parish priest at the time.

[3] He was a notorious landlord (and agent of another) at that time and still tenaciously held on to his estates towards the end of the Land War when most of his peers had already given up theirs.

However, this didn't stick and the name remained unchanged until 1916 when another name-change was attempted: this time to "Newtownclarke" after the 1916 Easter Rising leader Thomas Clarke.

The show, which aired each Monday night, sometimes included stories, music and poems performed by people from Moyvane and Knockanure.

[3] The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Moyvane GAA, has won the North Kerry Senior Football Championship 18 times between 1925 and 2003.

[5] Originally proposed in early 1996 by the Moyvane Development Association,[5] the project was part-funded by the North Kerry Walks Committee.