Boreen

Unpaved boreen on the Beara Peninsula, County Cork.
Paved boreen in Baile Éamon, Spiddal, County Galway.

Boreen or bohereen (Irish: bóithrín, meaning "a little road", pronounced [bɔːˈriːn]) is a narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in Ireland.[1][2] "Boreen" also appears sometimes in names of minor urban roads such as Saint Mobhi Bóithrín (Irish: Bóithrín Mobhí), commonly known as Mobhi Boreen in Glasnevin, Dublin.[3][4]

See also

Look up boreen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

  1. ↑ Boreen. Focail.ie, national database of Irish language terminology. Retrieved: 2011-01-04.
  2. ↑ boreen, n. Oxford English Dictionary, Second edition, 1989; online version November 2010. Retrieved: 2011-01-04.
  3. ↑ Saint Mobhi Bóithrín at Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved: 2011-01-04.
  4. ↑ Mobhi Boreen on Google Maps. Retrieved: 2011-01-04.