Boherbue grew around a new government road in Duhallow. Its history also reaches across the Atlantic through Daniel Buckley, born in the village and later a survivor of the Titanic.
⊕Recorded locationBoherboy52.15795° N · 9.06962° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
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An Bóthar Buí· Irish · main form · validated name
Boherboy· English · main form
Boherbue· English · main form · local name
Place & story
A village on the new road
Samuel Lewis's 1837 account presents Boherbue as a settlement benefiting from road building. A new government road linked Roskeen Bridge with Kingwilliamstown and Castleisland, passing through the village. Nearby connections led towards Kanturk, Newmarket and Millstreet. Lewis thought this position gave the village good prospects. A police barracks had recently been built by W. Allen, while the Catholic parish chapel was a large, newly erected building with a slate roof. The crossroads helped bring public services and traffic into the village.[2]
Building the church of 1969
The present Church of the Immaculate Conception emerged from a long parish fundraising effort. Films and bingo in the parochial hall helped finance the project. Local contractor Christy Feehan began work in 1967, using designs by Limerick architect Thomas Sheehan. While construction continued, the hall accommodated baptisms, weddings and funerals. The first Mass in the new church took place on 29 April 1969. Parishioners had raised £125,000 towards the building, which marked its fiftieth anniversary in 2019.[3]
People & connections
Daniel Buckley leaves Duhallow
Daniel Buckley was born in Boherbue on 28 September 1890, the son of a baker. His family later moved to Kingwilliamstown, now Ballydesmond. In 1912 he joined friends emigrating to America and boarded the Titanic at Queenstown. He survived its sinking and subsequently served in the American army during the First World War. Killed in France shortly before the war ended, he was eventually brought home for burial at Ballydesmond.[4]
A survivor gives evidence
Buckley testified before the American Senate investigation on 3 May 1912. He described waking in his steerage cabin and finding water reaching his feet. After helping with lifeboat ropes, he climbed into a boat from which officers were ordering men to leave. In his account, a woman covered him with her shawl and encouraged him to remain. The boat carried him to safety, and he watched the ship sink. His testimony preserves a Duhallow emigrant's own account of the disaster.[5]
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Boherbue — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
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Boherbue, Cork — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
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Boherbue, Cork — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
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Boherbue, Cork — Census town, CSO 1986 report — census population
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Boherbue, Cork
Published census settlement populations
334people · 2016
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