Moira
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Moira can refer to many things:
- In Greek mythology, Moira (not the same thing as one of the Moirae) was the personification of fate and necessity.
- Moira is also a shire in Victoria.
- Moira is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland.
- Moira is also a village in Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
- Moira is a town in Franklin County, New York
- Moira is a village in Achaia, Greece
- Moira is a village in Goa, India.
- Moira is a river in Ontario, Canada
Moira is also a given name for females, primarily in Ireland and Scotland.
Some people named Moira:
- Moira Leiper Ducharme - Canadian politician, first female mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Moira Harris - American actress
- Moira Kelly - American actress
- Moira MacTaggert - recurring character in X-Men comic books
- Moira McLean - Australian morning television presenter
- Moira O'Neill - pseudonym of Irish-Canadian poet Agnes Shakespeare Higginson (1870 - 1951)
- Moira Quirk - English actress
- Moira Redmond - British actress (1928-2006)
- Moira Shearer - ballet dancer
- Moira Stuart - British newsreader