My Native Village
9th June 1938
This village of Prizon North is the barony of Carra, in the parish of Balla, Co. Mayo.
There are ten families in it. There are seven families of the name Reilly. There is one family of the Ansbro’s, one family of the McDonnell’s and one family of the Connolly’s. There are forty-nine people living in the village. Amongst these forty-nine there are six people over seventy years of age. These people are Patrick Reilly, Anthony Ansbro, Thomas McDonnell, James Reilly, Michal Reilly, Catherine Reilly.
All the old people speak English and a little Irish.
People went to England and America out of almost every house in the village.
The land is fairly good. There is a bog in the south of the village and in it the village people gather their turf.
“Maisie Reilly Address, Prison North, Co. Mayo”