Aghaherrish

Aghaherrish (from Irish Achadh Thairis, meaning "field of the crossing") is a townland located in Boho in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.[1]

The area is famous for a waterfall which is known as Boho Falls in some quarters.[1] The river above the waterfall is known as the Trimog.[1] The area was also the site of an old country school known as Aghaherrish school.[1]

The townland contains a Scheduled Historic Monument: a Counterscarp rath, grid ref: H1312 4467. [2]

Name

In the past, the townland has been anglicised into a variety of forms, as well as at least one attempt at translation back into Irish.[3]During the plantation of Ulster, the lands of Aghaherrish were leased as follows:[4] A fourth part of a quarter of Aghorerishe to Shane McEnabb (McCabe); a 1/2 of a fourth part of a quarter of Agheherish in Glacke to Patrick McHugh Magwire; 5/12 of the half quarter of Aghoheris to Felim McAwly and 1/12 of the half quarter of Aghoheris to Bryan Oge Magwire. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Boho Heritage Organisation (2009). Edel Bannon, Louise Mclaughlin, Cecilia Flanagan, eds. Boho Heritage: A treasure trove of history and lore. Nicholson & Bass Ltd, Mallusk, Northern Ireland. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-9560607-0-9.
  2. ↑ "Scheduled Historic Monuments (to 15 October 2012)" (PDF). NI Environment Agency. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Place Names NI: Aghaherrish
  4. 1 2 Rev George Hill (1877). An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century 1608-1620. M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr. p. 322. ISBN 1147230250.

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