Maryam Mosque, or the Mary Mosque (), also known as the Galway Mosque (), is an Ahmadi Muslim mosque, named in honour of
Mary, mother of Jesus
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. The mosque is located in
Galway
Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...
,
Connacht
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, Ireland. Opened in 2014 by
Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Mirza Masroor Ahmad (; born 15 September 1950) is the current and fifth leader of the Ahmadiyya, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. His official title within the movement is Ahmadiyya Caliphate, Fifth Caliph of the Messiah (, ''khalīfatul masīh al- ...
, the fifth
caliph
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, it is the first purpose-built mosque in
County Galway
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. The Irish born convert to Islam Imam
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.
Born in County Waterford, and raised as a Catholic,Mosque in Galway vandalised in early morning attack by Sorcha Pollack, Irish Times, Monday, July 29, 2019.