boreen
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of boreen
C19: from Irish Gaelic bóithrín , diminutive of bóthar road
Example Sentences
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I walk around the graveyard in the old abbey at Mungret where my mother’s relations are buried and I go up the boreen to the Norman castle at Carrigogunnell where Dad brought me twice.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Dermot's Resolve Dermot kept up bravely till the last sentence, and then he could stand it no longer; he rushed out of the house, down the stony boreen.
From The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 by A. R. (Augustus Robert) Buckland
By the light I saw a little farmhouse up a boreen off the road.
From Love of Brothers by Katharine Tynan
I took a farewell look at the old walls, and stepped after my companion down the boreen.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Charles James Lever
And now they are all in the open air again, and, turning down the boreen that leads to the Daly's homestead, reach the road that leads to Moyne.
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
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