Buaile an Mhóintín

Boolavonteen is a townland in Seskinan Civil Parish, Barony of Decies without Drum, situated in the mountainous and boggy southwestern region of County Waterford, approximately 5¾ miles north of Dungarvan. The Irish name Buaile an Mhóintín derives from two elements: 'Buaile', meaning a cattle fold, booley, or temporary milking place, and 'Mhóintín', a diminutive form of 'móin' (peat bog). This ...