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

A little further on, still to the right of the road, branched off suddenly a narrow bridle-path, or "boreen," as it is called in this part of the country.

From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Becker, Bernard H.

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

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 Buckland, A. R. (Augustus Robert)

"About fifty perches, your honor, in the same boreen, but higher up."

From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James