Bun Abha

Bunnow's Irish name Bun Abha derives from 'bun' (river-mouth or bottom-land) and 'abha' (river), descriptive of its location near the River Fergus. The place name underwent standard orthographic evolution during the 19th-century Ordnance Survey work, recorded as Bunough in 1737, Baunow in 1796, and Bunnow by 1839, with John O'Donovan documenting the Irish form in the Ordnance Survey Parish Name...