Derreenboy

An Doirín Bhuí, Little Yellow Derry or Oak wood

Jo Kelly/Galway Rural Development (GRD)

Derreenboy

 

Derreenboy is situated in the civil parish of Killoran barony of Longford, County Galway. It is bounded on the north by Clonlahon Eyre and on the west by Englishtown. It is bounded on the East by Clonlahon Geoghegan and also by Addergoole in the parish of Abbeygormican.

 

O Donavan’s Field Name Books gives other spellings for the townland: Doirin Buidhe, and Dereenboy.

 

Downs Survey Map under the name ‘Clonloghane’ shows Bryan McDonnell O’Madden, a catholic owned the land in 1641. Edward Eyres, a catholic and Sir James Cuffe, a protestant owned the land in 1670.

 

Derreenboy 1901

 

There were 5 houses in Derreenboy in 1901. There were 24 residents in total: 14 were male and 10 were female. The heads of the households were: Peter Duane, Lawrence Whyte, John Doyle, Martin Loury and Margaret Hynes. All residents were Roman Catholic. They were born in Co Galway. The census taken on the 4th of April 1901 showed that the houses were built as private dwellings. The walls were built with stone, brick or concrete. The roofs were made of perishable material.

 

Peter Duane (62) was a farmer. He was married to Bridget (50). She was recorded as a farmer’s wife. They spoke Irish and English. They had 4 unmarried children. Tim (30) and Thomas (17) were recorded as farmer’s sons. Nora (20) was recorded as a farmer’s daughter. Peter (12) was a scholar. All the family could read and write except for Peter (62). He could not read. Bridget could read only. They lived in a 2nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 3 outhouses. Peter Duane owned the land the house was situated on.

 

Lawrence Whyte (45) was a farmer. He was married to Bridget (35). She was recorded as a farmer’s wife. They had 2 children. Patrick (14) was a scholar. Daughter Mary was 2 years old. Anne Broderick (25) was an unmarried visitor. She recorded her occupation as a seamstress. The 3 adults could read and write. Patrick and Mary could not read. They lived in a 2nd class house with 5 rooms, 4 front windows and 5 outhouses. Lawrence Whyte owned the land the house was situated on.

 

John Doyle (85) was a widower. He was a farmer. His son Patrick (45) was a widower. He was recorded as a farmer’s son. They spoke Irish and English. John had 3 grandchildren. John (15) was recorded as a farmer’s grandson. Patrick (12) and Mary (10) were scholars. All the family could read and write except for John (85). He could not read. They lived in a 2nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 3 outhouses. John Doyle owned the land the house was situated on.

 

Martin Lowry (68) was a widower. He was a farmer. He spoke Irish and English. He had 2 unmarried children. Martin (27) was recorded as a farmer’s son. Hanora (16) was recorded as a farmer’s daughter. Martin (68) and Martin (27) could not read. Hanora (16) could read and write. They lived in a 2nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 2 outhouses. Martin Lowry owned the land the house was situated on.

 

Margaret Hynes (55) was a widow. She was a farmer. She has 4 unmarried children. John (25) and Thomas (18) were recorded as farmer’s sons. Brine (22) and Maggie (16) were recorded as farmer’s daughters. The entire family could read and write. They lived in a 2nd class house with 3 rooms, 3 front windows and 5 outhouses. Margaret Hynes owned the land the house was situated on.

 

Census 1911

 

There were 5 houses in Derreenboy in 1911. I house was uninhabited. There was no other information recorded on it. The other 4 houses had 13 residents in total: 7 were male and 6 were female. All residents were Roman Catholic. They were born in Co Galway. The heads of the households were: Patrick Doyle, Margaret Hynes, Lawrence Whyte and Bridget Duane. The census taken on the 6th of April 1911 showed that the houses were built as private dwellings. The walls were built with stone, brick or concrete. The roofs were made of perishable material.

 

Patrick Doyle (69) was a farmer. He spoke Irish and English. He was a widower. He had 3 unmarried children. John (25) and Patrick (23) were recorded as farmer’s sons. There was no occupation recorded for his daughter Mary (27). The entire family could read and write except for Patrick (69). He could read only. They lived in a 2nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 5 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 piggery, 1 fowl house and 1 barn. Patrick Doyle owned the land the house was situated on.

 

Margaret Hynes (68) was a widow. There was no occupation recorded for her. She had 7 children with 7 living in 1911. Listed were 2 unmarried children. John (34) was recorded as farmer’s son. There was no occupation recorded for Margaret (25). The entire family could read and write. They spoke Irish and English except for John. They lived in a 2nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 6 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 calf house, 1 piggery, 1 barn and 1 shed. Margaret Hynes owned the land the house was situated on.

 

Lawrence Whyte (59) was a farmer. He was married for 16 years to Bridget (49). Bridget was recorded as a house domestic. They had 3 children with 2 living in 1911. Patrick (14) and Mary (13) were scholars. The entire family could read, write and spoke Irish and English. They lived in a 2nd class house with 3 rooms and 3 front windows. There were 8 outhouses: 1 stable, 1 cow house, 1 calf house, 1 dairy, 1 piggery, 1 fowl house, 1 barn and 1 shed. Lawrence Whyte owned the land the house was situated on.

 

Bridget Duane (67) was a widow. She was a farmer. She spoke Irish and English. Her son Thomas (25) was single. He recorded his occupation as a postman. Bridget could read. Thomas could read and write. They lived in a 3rd class house with 2 rooms and 2 front windows. There were 3 outhouses: 1 calf house, 1 piggery and 1 shed. Bridget Duane owned the land the house was situated on.

 

 

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