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Moate (Irish: An Móta) is a town in County Westmeath, Ireland.
The name An Móta is derived from the term motte-and-bailey as the Normans built an example of this type of fortification here. The earthwork is still visible behind the buildings on the main street.
The town later became an important marketplace and Quaker village. There are several extant examples of Quaker houses on the main street, which itself is typical of an Irish marketplace (similar example in Ballymahon, County Longford).
The town is on the R446 road between Kinnegad and Athlone. Before July 2008, this was the N6 road, a national primary route and Moate was a serious traffic bottleneck. The new M6 motorway bypasses the town. A disused railway line runs through the town. It was built by the Midland Great Western Railway to connect Dublin and Galway which is now served by the Irish Rail route). Athlone lies 12 km west, along the N6.
Moate is a growing town with many new businesses including a supermarket (SuperValu), hardware store, an internet café-computer shop, pizzeria, petrol station, post office, gift shop, credit union, library, hair dresser, bank, sport shop, hotel and over twelve public houses. Many new building ventures have taken place in recent years including a complex of apartments and shops at the site of the old Convent of Mercy on Station Road.
It's your first show.
You're scared to go.
You're ass from your elbow.
You can't tell what you are seein'.
Is chaos in the making.
The clubs shakin'.
The earth quakin'.
Reality on the stage.
We're not fakin'.
It's your first show.
You treat it like a joke.
You're drinking heavy straight rum no coke.
After three or four, you head toward the floor.
Stupid move.
You should've took the door.
Step by step.
We're on a mission.
So shut up and listen.
You thing we're bitchin'.