placenamesDunboe
Dún Bó
Lewis linked changing fur prices with a different use of land beside the Bann’s mouth.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Dún Bó · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Dunboe · English · main form
Place & story
From warrens to cultivated ground
Samuel Lewis described large rabbit warrens on the sands near the mouth of the Bann in Dunboe parish. His 1837 account says that most had been removed and the land cultivated after the price of fur declined. This is his explanation for a local change in land use; he gave no precise year for the transition. [2]
Relief on the Clothworkers’ estate
The Clothworkers’ Company contributed £15 annually to poor people on its own estate, according to Lewis. The payment concerned that estate’s residents, within a parish whose land was divided between the company and Sir J. R. Bruce. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dunboe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dunboe or Drumboe: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2009-01-27. How this page was prepared.