golchomharc

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(fem.), an outcry of wailing. tug golchomhairc im Bóinn Breagh, it caused outcries of wailing in the lands about the Boyne in Breagha, 849. (Contrast comarc (masc.), Meyer, Contribb., s.v. 3 comarccomarc IGT 11.)

Poems on the Butlers of Ormond, Cahir and Dunboyne (A.D. 1400–1650). Editor: James Carney.