placenamesBoylagh
Baollaigh
Lewis recorded both a marketable woollen product and coastal farming practices.
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
- Baollaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Boylagh · English · main form
Place & story
A manufactured product
Samuel Lewis singled out Boylagh’s woollen stockings in his 1837 survey of Donegal manufacture, describing strong demand for their quality. This identifies a particular local product within the county’s wider textile economy, rather than treating all Donegal cloth manufacture as the same trade. [2]
Farming along the shore
His Templecroan account describes cattle feeding at low tide on long, broad-leaved grass along Cruit’s shores. Elsewhere in that parish, sand, rock and bog restricted cultivation. The description records a coastal use of available pasture without identifying the plant species or making a claim about present-day grazing. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Boylagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Donegal Manufactures: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
- Templecroan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.