Aghaherrish
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Aghaherrish is a townland located in Boho
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 in County Fermanagh
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, Northern Ireland
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The area is famous for a waterfall which is known as Boho Falls in some quarters. The river above the waterfall is known as the Trimog. The area was also the site of an old country school known as Aghaherrish school.

Name

In the past, the townland has been anglicised into a variety of forms, as well as at least one attempt at translation back into Irish:
  • Aghoherris half (1609)
  • Agheherish (1611)
  • Aghoherishe (1611)
  • Ahaveris (Magheryboy)(1672c)
  • Achadh h-Eiris stated as meaning "field of the charcoal" (1833)
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