School: Doire Iubhair (roll number 7194)
- Location:
- Derryoober West, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séan Mac Diarmuda
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- The name of my home district is Ohilly. It is in the parish of Woodford and barony of Leitrim. There are thirty-eight people in this village. MacNamara is the commonest name. The houses are mostly thatched with the exception of a few.
There are no old people living in this district now. There are no new houses in Ohilly here are just the same as in former years, but there are a lot in ruins.
Ohilly got its name from the Irish "Eocoille" which means "the yew wood". Nearly all the people emigrated to America in former years.
There is a wood named Derrygill and has approximately five hundred acres.
There is a song about Ohilly but nobody seems to know it. The land around here is very good and is a little hilly and boggy too.
- Informant
- David Page
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Oghilly, Co. Galway
- Over eighty years ago, there was a man by the name of John Page of this village Ohilly, who was a noted jumper in his young days. He used to jump two horses ploughing in a field. Which was supposed to be a record.
