placenamesBourney
Boirinn
Lewis placed the beginnings of the Nore and Suir close together on Benduff in his parish account.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Boirinn · Irish · main form · validated name
- Bourney · English · main form
Place & story
Different courses from the uplands
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description placed the sources of the Nore and Suir on the side of Benduff, no more than half a mile apart. He traced the Nore through Bourney and Corbally towards Borris-in-Ossory, while describing the Suir as the parish’s southern boundary. Bourney lay between the Dublin–Limerick mail-coach road and the Roscrea–Templemore road. His account locates the parish through both its river courses and the routes carrying travellers across the district. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Bourney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Bourney, or Bourchin: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.