Maryam Mosque, or the Mary Mosque (), also known as the Galway Mosque () is an
Ahmadi Muslim
Ahmadiyya (, ), officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ, ar, الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmīyah al-Aḥmadīyah; ur, , translit=Jamā'at Aḥmadiyyah Musl ...
mosque, named in honour of
Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jews, Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Jose ...
. The mosque is located in
Galway
Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...
,
Connacht
Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhn ...
,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. Opened in 2014 by
Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Mirza Masroor Ahmad ( ur, ; born 15 September 1950) is the current and fifth leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. His official title within the movement is Fifth Caliph of the Messiah ( ar, خليفة المسيح الخامس, ''khal ...
, the fifth
caliph
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
, it is the first purpose-built mosque in
County Galway
"Righteousness and Justice"
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.
The Irish born convert to Islam Iman
Ibrahim Noonan
Imam Ibrahim Noonan, is an Irish Imam to the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. Noonan is Imam of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Ireland and is based in Galway at the Galway Mosque
Maryam Mosque, or the Mary Mosque (), also known as the Galway Mos ...
is based in Galway.
In July 2019 the mosque was vandalised, with windows and locks broken, and equipment stolen.
Mosque in Galway vandalised in early morning attack
by Sorcha Pollack, Irish Times, Monday, July 29, 2019.
See also
* Islam in the Republic of Ireland
The documented history of Islam in the Republic of Ireland dates back to the 1950s. The number of Muslims in the Republic of Ireland has increased since the 1990s,
References
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2014 establishments in Ireland
Ahmadiyya mosques in the Republic of Ireland
Mosques completed in 2014
Religious buildings and structures in Galway (city)