Bilboa Tipperary

periodictable

Driving in North Tipp I've been intrigued by the name of place called Bilboa.
Can anyone shed light on the origin of the name?

MilfordBud

periodictable wrote: »

Driving in North Tipp I've been intrigued by the name of place called Bilboa.
Can anyone shed light on the origin of the name?

Almost certain that it's in Limerick. Near Cappamore. Unless there are two?

Think they had a soccer team called Atletico Bilboa at one stage, great play on the name.

periodictable

Thanks. Will post in the Limerick section.

sticksman

Is it a river that flows from Kilcommon direction towards Cappamore? There is a bad bridge on the road between Sean Treacy's GAA club and Rearcross and I am pretty sure the river that is crossed is the Bilboa River.

The Woodcock

According to logainm.ie the name in Irish is Béal Atha Bó - the mouth of the ford of the cow

http://www.logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?text=Bilboa&streets=yes

ReacherCreature

Isn't there one in Carlow, too? https://www.google.ie/search?q=bilboa+carlow&oq=Bilboa+Ca&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l3.2730j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8