Location: Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland

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Derryoober, Galway One Place Study
Name and scope
Derryoober (Doire Úbair, roughly "labor in the oak grove"), also Deroober and Derruber, refers to two townlands in County Galway: Derryoober West in Coos, and Derryoober East in Woodford. Older civil records referring to the area rarely specify whether the "Derryoober" notation belongs to East or West, and they are therefore both represented in this One Place Study.
Derryoober may also refer to the Derryoober National School, a small Catholic school founded in 1855 that is located nearby in Ballynakill. This OPS does not currently cover the students of Derryoober NS, though interested parties are welcome to pursue this avenue under the scope of the OPS should they wish.
Geography
- Continent: Europe
- Country: Ireland
- County: Galway
- GPS Coordinates: 53.0085, -8.3640
- Elevation: 47.0 m or 154.2 feet
History
Derryoober witnessed an increase in population in the mid-19th century, around 1860, when its landlord Ulick de Burgh, the 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, encouraged locals to settle the land there in exchange for receiving a portion to own, divided amongst all those who heeded the call.
Population
Derryoober West
- Griffith's Valuation (1857): 6 recorded
- 1901 Census: 9 people across 2 households
- 1911 Census: 20 people across 2 households
Derryoober East
- Griffith's Valuation (1857): 11 recorded
- 1901 Census: 73 people across 11 households
- 1911 Census: 62 people across 10 households
Existing records naming Derryoober
Other than the records that explicitly document Derryoober East or West (e.g., Tithe Applotment, Griffith's Valuation, 1901 and 1911 censuses), these townlands may be named on civil records (i.e., births, marriages, and deaths), which were kept starting in the mid-1860s. These civil records are in the process of being indexed.
Other records
Residents who were Roman Catholic would have received sacraments at Woodford Catholic parish nearby. These records rarely list a townland or residence; if Derryoober is specified, they will be included in the indexed records.
Derryoober residents have often been buried in the nearby Douras Graveyard. The gravesites are often shared family plots, with several generations buried together.
Exploring Derryoober
- Derryoober East information
- Derryoober West information
- Derryoober ruins
- Derryoober blast furnace
- Derryoober Marian shrine
- Farming and Booley huts in and near Derryoober
- Devotion sites in Derryoober West/East and elsewhere in the Slieve Aughty uplands
- Stepping stones near the butter well in Derryoober
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