Moira may refer to:

Places

Australia

Moira, New South Wales Moira is a rural community in the central south part of the Riverina and the site of a railway station. It is situated by road, about 11 kilometres north of Barnes, New South Wales, Barnes and 15 kilometres south west of Mathoura. Mo ...

, an Australian rural community * County of Moira, Victoria, Australia * Division of Moira, Victoria, Australia, an Electoral Division *

Shire of Moira Moira Shire Council is a Local Government Area in the Northern Victoria Region of Victoria, Australia. Located in the north-east part of the state, it covers an area of . As at August 2021 the population was 30,522. It includes the towns of C ...

, a local government area in Victoria, Australia

Canada

* Moira, Ontario, an unincorporated area * Moira Lake, Ontario *

Moira River The Moira River is a river in Hastings County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It travels from its source in the centre of the county to the Bay of Quinte at the county seat Belleville . Name Originally named the Sagonaska River by the indigenous peo ...

, Ontario

United Kingdom

Moira, County Down Moira () is a village and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is in the northwest of the county, near the border with counties County Antrim, Antrim and County Armagh, Armagh. The M1 motorway (Northern I ...

, a village in Northern Ireland ** Moira railway station * Moira, Leicestershire, a village in England ** Moira Furnace, nineteenth century iron-making blast furnace

United States

* Moira, New York, a town * Moira Sound, Alaska

Elsewhere

Moira, Achaea Moira () is a village located southeast of Patras, Greece. Moira had a population of 65 in 2011. Moira was part of the municipality of Patras between 1845 and 1912, and again after 1997. Between 1912 and 1997, it was an independent community. ...

, a village in Greece * Moira, Goa, a village in India * 638 Moira, an asteroid

People

* Moira (given name), including a list of women and fictional characters *

Gerald Moira Gerald Edward Moira (26 January 1867 – 2 August 1959) was an English painter who became best known for his murals. Gerald Moira was born in London, the son of a former Portuguese diplomat who became a miniature painter. He first exhibited at ...

(1867–1959), English painter *

Earl of Moira Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ''countess'' is used. The titl ...

, extinct title in the peerage of Ireland

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Moira'' (album), a 2008 story album by the Japanese musical group Sound Horizon * ''Moira'' (film), a 2015 Georgian film * Moira (Utrecht), a music and art venue in Utrecht, Netherlands *

Moira MacTaggert Dr. Moira MacTaggert, more recently known as Moira X, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #96 (Dec. 1975) and was created by writer Chris Claremont and ...

, a Marvel character associated with the X-Men * Moira O'Deorain, a fictional character from the video game ''Overwatch''

Ships

* HMS ''Moira'' (1805), a British Royal Navy schooner * , a Greek coaster in service during 1966

Other

* Moira (military), a Greek military formation * Moira, a genus of prehistoric echinoderms * Moira, the singular of

Moirai In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, the Moirai ()often known in English as the Fateswere the personifications of fate, destiny. They were three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (mythology), Lachesis (the allotter ...

(Fates), Greek deities, incarnations of destiny *

, a title in the Peerage of Ireland, derived from the village of Moira, County Down * Moira (horse), a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse * '' Portrait of Lord Moira'', a 1790 painting by Joshua Reynolds