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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
the stream of the cattle-fold, summer pasture of Séamas Buí
Séamas Buí — sloinne is ea Buí sa chás seo (< Boyce)
Constábla Mhaigh Nuad agus seirbhíseach de chuid Iarla Chill Dara sa 16ú haois ab ea an Séamas Buí (James Boyce) seo. Pléann Liam Price an logainm san alt leis ‘Place-name study as applied to history’, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland lxxix (1949), lgh.26–29. Féach leis ainm an pharóiste Bailte Bhuí agus na mbailte fearainn Bailte Bhuí Íochtarach, ~Uachtarach - English
the stream of the cattle-fold, summer pasture of Séamas Buí
Séamas Buí — in this case, Buí is a surname (< Boyce)
This Séamas Buí (James Boyce) was a retainer of the Earl of Kildare and constable of Maynooth in the 16th century. Liam Price discusses the placename in his article ‘Place-name study as applied to history’, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland lxxix (1949), lgh.26–29. See also the name of the parish Bailte Bhuí/Boystown and the townlands Bailte Bhuí Íochtarach, ~Uachtarach/Baltyboys or Boystown Lower, ~Upper
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Historical references
| 1663 |
James Boys Boyley
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| 1735 |
James boyes Booley
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| 1833 |
James Boyes Booley
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PN Wicklow Leathanach: 237
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| 1839 |
Builehemishbui
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bunfhoinse AL
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| 1839 |
buaile Sheumais bhuidhe, ‘James Boy's Dairy or milking place’
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bunfhoinse OD:AL
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| 1953 |
Boley·haymishwee
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