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                                                                                        Bor - Boyd 

Bor -

O Boran or O Burrane - Irish / Ua Bodhrain - bodhar / deaf. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of Thomond / Tuaiscert Mhumhain / Northern Munster, and nearby in the west of Co. Tipperary in the north - east of Ormond / Aur Mhumhain / North Eastern Munster.

O Boylan or O Boyland / Ui Baoigheallain. The most important Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Colla da Crioch Siol Daim Argait (Ui Cremthainn) Clann Fergaile Sept / Family branch, who were kinsmen to the Mac Cuskelly / Mac Cuskley / Mac Cuskert / Mac Cushelly / Mac Quiskelly / Mac Quoskly / Mheic Giolla Coisgle. Ancestors - *92.Cormac, 91.Cairpre "Dam Argait," *90.Eochu / Echach, *89.Criffan / Crimthainn "Lethan," *88.Fiacc, *87.Daig "Duirn," *86.Rochadh, *85.Murray / Muiredach Colla "da Crioch / Focrith" - of the Two Countries, *84.Eochy / Echu" Doimhlen," *83. Cairpre "Liffeachair" the 116th King of Tara / Ireland.

Borlase -

Borough -

Borris. Used as a variant for Burris or Burrowes, which see.

Borrowes or Borroughs - See Burrowes.

Bostock. English toponymic origins. They were in Ireland in the 16th Century AD. Also known as Bastick in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster.

Bothwell. Scottish origins. They came from Lanarkshire, and have been in the east of the Ulster Province since the early 17th Century AD after the Confiscation of the 3,500,00 acres of the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn territories there, and the Foreign non - Catholic Plantations there. Previously known in Scotland as Boduel, with the variant Bodell also used in Ulster.

Boucher or Bosscher / Buiseir / butcher. They have been in Ireland since the 13th Century AD, and were in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster. Now in Co. Cork and Co. Waterford in the Munster Province with Busher and Bouchier used as variants.

Boughan. See - Bohan.

Boughla or Bouhilly. See - Buckley.

Bourchier. Used as a synonym for Boucher, which see.

Bourgh -

Bourk or Bourke / Mac William. Anglo Norman origins. English Lords in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province. English Barons of Castle Connell in Co. Clare in the north - west of Thomond / Northern Munster. See also - Burke.

Bourne.- They have been in Ireland since the 16th Century AD in Co. Dublin and Co. Kildare in Southern Leinster, with some in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province changed to Burns. Some also known as Byron and Byrne elsewhere.

Bovaird. French origins. They were in Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province.

Bovenizer. German Palatine origins. They were in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of Thomond / Northern Munster known as Boonizer and occasionally as Neazer.

Bowdell -

Bowden. See - Boden.

Bowdern or Bowdren / de Budrain. May be of Anglo Norman toponymic origins / de Boderan who were in Co. Waterford in the south - east of Ormond / North Eastern Munster.

Bowe. See - Bogue.

O Bowen. A Heberian Dal gCais Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Clare in Thomond / Tuaisceart Mhumhain / Northern Munster.  Ancestors - *104.Cosgrave / Coscrach, *103.Lorcan, *102.Lachtna, *101.Corc, *100.Anluan, *99.Mahon, *98.Turlough (Ui Turlough), *97.Cathal, *96.Aodh "Caomh" the King of Munster, *95.Conall, * 94.Eochy / Eochaidh "Baill Dearg," *93.Cairthenn "Fionn  Oge Mor," *92.Blood / Blod (Ui Bloid), *91.Cas (Dal gCais) the King of Thomond.

Bowen / ap Owen. Welsh origins. They were in Bowenscourt in Co. Cork in Desmond / Southern Munster after arriving with the Oliver Cromwell  Invasion.

Bowen. They were in Co. Laois in the mid - west of Southern Leinster in the 16th Century AD. Also used by the Bohanes, and the Norman Bohuns, which see.

Bower. Used as a synonym for Mac Cullagh, which see. They were in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province. As is Boar, which see.

Bowes or Bowie. See - Bogue.

Bowler / Boighleir (maker of bowls). They were in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster.

Bowler. They were at Ballybowler in Co. Kerry in the south - west of Desmond / Southern Munster, where it is used as a variant for Fougheller who anglicized as Fuller and Fowler, which see, who may be from the French / le Oiseleur.

Bowles or Boles. See - Boal.

Bowman. Used as a variant for Beaumont, which see, in the north of the Ulster Province.

Bowman. German Palatine origins. They were in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of Thomond / Northern Munster.

Bowyer / bowyere  (maker of bows) English origins. They have been in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster since 1644 AD and also in Co. Longford and Co. Westmeath in the west of Northern Leinster.

Boyce / bois. Anglo Norman origins -

Boyce. Used by the O Bogue - Irish / Ua Buadhaigh in Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province and the western region to anglicize their name.

Boycott. English toponymic origins. (Descended originally from Captain Boycott in Ireland who gave his name to that particular activity among the oppressed tenants of the Land Lords.

De Boyd / de Bute. Norman - Scottish origins. Originally from Bute in the Firth of Clyde. Gaelic Boid. They held territory in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province and Co. Down in the south - east of Ulster.

Boyd. Manx origins. Originating from a similar name to Mac Elwee.

Boyd / buidhe (of the yellow hair) French Scottish origins. A branch of the Stuarts descended from Robert Stewart.

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