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  • After two or three short stories, in which the scandalous and supernatural were happily blended, we happened to arrive at a narrow road or bohreen leading to a snug-looking farm-house.

    The Purcell Papers 2003

  • After two or three short stories, in which the scandalous and supernatural were happily blended, we happened to arrive at a narrow road or bohreen leading to a snug-looking farm-house.

    The Purcell Papers, Volume III 1880

  • After two or three short stories, in which the scandalous and supernatural were happily blended, we happened to arrive at a narrow road or bohreen leading to a snug-looking farm-house.

    The Purcell Papers — Volume 3 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

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  • "Bells are booming down the bohreens, white the mist along the grass" (John Betjeman: "Ireland with Emily")

    June 29, 2010

  • Also boreen.

    June 29, 2010