Boherbue
| Boherbue Irish: An Bóthar Buí | |
| County Cork | |
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.jpg) Main Street | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | R268013 |
| Location: | 52°9’31"N, 9°4’16"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 334 (2016) |
| Local Government | |
| Dáil constituency: |
Cork North-West |
Boherbue or Boherboy is a village in the north-west of County Cork, in the Barony of Duhallow. Its name is from the Irish An Bóthar Buí, meaning 'The yellow road'.[1]
The village spans the townlands of Gneeves, Laharan and Derrynatubbrid.[2][3]
History
The exact time period for the first permanent settlement in the area in not known. It has been suggested that the first inhabitants of the area were probably nomadic due to the amount of 'forts and bailes' that have are recorded in the area. Other ancient monuments in the area, as listed in the Record of Monuments and Places, include several ringforts and fulacht fiadh.[4]
A permanent settlement was described as early as 1655 in William Petty’s map of County Cork. In the 17th century the wider areas of Pobal Uí Chaoimh and Sliabh Luachra were being opened up by the construction of roadways, which facilitated the movement of cattle and general economic growth.[5] During this time a roadway from Kanturk to Killarney was constructed which passed through present day Boherbue.
Origin of name
Several theories exist as to how the area came to be known as Bóthar Buí. Bóthar Buí literally translated from Irish means ‘yellow road’, and many maintain that the name comes from the yellow mud that used to come to the surface of the road in times of rain.[6] Another theory suggests that the name comes from the pagan god or chief Druid Baoí, who is said to have lived in the area. Yet another explanation is that name originates from the abundant yellow furze bushes that grow in the area.
Churches
The original parish church was situated evidently where Kilmeen graveyard is today. The present Roman Catholic parish church is situated in the east end of the village; a modern building, built in 1969.
Sport
- Gaelic Football: Boherbue GAA, with the football field situated in Gneeves at the western end of the village
- Football:
- BK Plunketts (junior football)
- Araglin Desmonds Buí (women's football)
- Handball
Outside links
References
- ↑ Placenames Database of Ireland. An Bóthar Buí
- ↑ "Gneeves Townland, Co. Cork". https://www.townlands.ie/cork/duhallow/kilmeen/boherboy/gneeves.
- ↑ "Location details". http://boherbue.com/location.html.
- ↑ Record of Monuments and Places - County Cork - Volume 1: Ordnance Survey Sheets 1-78 (1998); page 160
- ↑ McCarthy, Louis (2012). Boherbue Village 'Historical survey from earliest times to present day'. I.R.D. Duhallow. pp. 10.
- ↑ McCarthy, Louis (2012). Boherbue Village 'Historical survey from earliest times to present day'. I.R.D. Duhallow. pp. 7.
