BROWSE
townland
Bóthar an Choill
genitive: Bhóthar Coill
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Boherquill
(English)

Glossary

English road
coll, call
English hazel

Centrepoint

53.7037, -7.46306latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1638
Boherguill
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 139 Car. I
1657
Boherquill
DS
1663
Bohirquill
Nugent Papers Leathanach: 151
1684
Boherquill
CG Leathanach: 14a
1749
Bonnybrook part of Boherquill
CGn. Leathanach: 133.453.92456 (Plunket to Maguire)
1837
Boraquill
BS:AL
1837
Boherquill
HCR:AL
1837
Bohercul
Larkin (Mí):AL
1837
Boherquill
DS:AL
1837
Boherguill
Inq. C I:AL
1837
bothar a' choill
pl:AL
1837
bóthar a' choill
OD:AL
1957
Bóthar a Chuill, "road of the hazel". The present pron. is Boheraquill
PN Westmeath Leathanach: 322
2008
The local pronunciation - certainly among older people - is [bo:r[]'h1l]
Áit.

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