boreen

British  

/ ˈboːriːn /

noun

1. a country lane or narrow road

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Etymology

Origin of boreen

C19: from Irish Gaelic bóithrín , diminutive of bóthar road

Example Sentences

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

Mustapha had been dancing about a bit, but suddenly he whinnied and made a rush for the boreen.

From Love of Brothers by Tynan, Katharine

Often enough the last stage of his journey proceeds down some boggy boreen, or up some craggy hill-track, inaccessible to any wheel or hoof that ever was shod.”

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace

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 Lever, Charles James

Hughie was watching, and when he saw how steadily the old mare picked her way down the steep boreen, he began to be afraid he hadn’t hit on such a very fine plan at all.

From Humours of Irish Life by Various