Gillygooly
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| Gillygooly | |
| Tyrone | |
|---|---|
 Gillygooley Presbyterian Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | H411743 |
| Location: | 54°36’55"N, 7°21’50"W |
| Data | |
| Dialling code: | 028 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Derry and Omagh |
Gillygooly is a small village and townland west of Omagh in Tyrone. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 72 people.
The earliest reference to the townland of Gillygooly is as 'Killagauland' from aroud 1655, which may be fromn the Gaelic Coill na Gualann: 'Wood of the hill-shoulder'.[1]
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Gillygooly) |
References
- ↑ Gillygooly - Placenames NI
