now defunct. Some Mohill players do however still line out with the neighbouring Gortlettragh Hurling Club. Mohill also has a well known Basketball Club and in 2008 the Mohill Under 16 Girls basketball team won the National Title in the Community Games competition. Mohill is also home to the South Leitrim Harriers who hunt throughout the winter in the surrounding countryside. Mohill also had a very successful athletic club which its participants won multiple races all over the country. Culture In 1856 Slater's Directory described Mohill as a prosperous, thriving market town: "(Main Street) contains several good shops well-stocked with the various articles of fashion and of local requisites. Great progress is manifest in its general appearance and of its size is considered one of the most stirring, and is certainly the most thriving town of any in the surrounding counties". Education Primary school(s): St. Manchan's National School (an amalgamation of St. Joseph's Girls National School and St. Michael's Boys National School, opened in 2005) and the Hunt National School. Secondary school(s): Mohill Community College ()— an amalgamation of Marian College and Mohill Vocational School, opened in 2008. Services Mohill Fire Station has nine retained personnel, with one Scania Class B appliance and one Dennis Class B Appliance. Mohill responds to on average 70 calls per year with 10% RTC's. People Mohill is closely associated with Turlough Carolan, the blind harpist, who lived in the town after his marriage. Douglas Hyde, the first president of Ireland, whose family originated from the town, also spent some of his childhood there. Thomas Moran from Drumrahill, near the town, was a renowned 20th-century ballad singer whose songs were collected by the BBC. Matthew Sadlier, a 20-year-old from Mohill, was among 1500 passengers of the RMS Titanic who did not survive the sinking in 1912. The cleric Charles Reynolds, born and reared at Saint Mary's Priory of Mohill, was a leading figure in the 1535 Irish clerical revolt against Henry VIII. Reynolds was attainted of treason in 1536, for persuading the Pope to excommunicate Henry VIII of England. Townlands Breandrum Eslinbridge Gorvagh Mohill Shannagh Treanmore Turlough Carolan, harpist Frances Emilia Crofton, artist and past resident of Lakefield (now a ruin near Mohill) William Henry Drummond, poet Douglas Hyde, Irish president Katherine Lynch, comedian James McCombs, New Zealand parliamentarian Thomas Moran, singer Peter Murphy, Australian businessman Charles Reynolds, cleric and revolutionary See also List of