Information about Boolanaheandarry Lough

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Boolanaheandarry Lough
Irish Form of Name:
Buaile na h-én-darraige
Translation:
booley or dairy of the one oak
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Boolanaheandarry Lough
Buaile na h-én-darraige
Lough boola-haean dhorree Local
Description:
A lake S.W.of Loughavrickwore.
Situation:
Situated in the townland of Beaghcaunneen.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Booley, Bola, Boola, Bool, the most usual anglicised forms of buaile, a milking or dairy-place, for which see vol. i. p. 239. Latterly the term was often applied to any cattle enclosure near the homestead where cows were brought together morning and evening and fed and milked. Boolies, the same only with the English plural: p. 11 [reproduced below].
Many of our local names - for obvious reasons - are plural, as happens in all other countries (vol. i. p.32). Very often in such cases, the Irish plural termination is rejected in anglicisation and the English plural termination s adopted.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Boolanaheandarry Lough is in Beaghcauneen townland.