Aghaherrish
54°21′17″N 7°47′44″W / 54.354812°N 7.795435°W Aghaherrish (from Irish Achadh Thairis '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
[edit]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]
- Aghoherris half (1609)
- Agheherish (1611)
- Aghoherishe (1611)
- Ahaveris (Magheryboy)(1672c)
- Achadh h-Eiris stated as meaning "field of the charcoal" (1833)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ "Scheduled Historic Monuments (to 15 October 2012)" (PDF). NI Environment Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ Place Names NI: Aghaherrish Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b 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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