Thomas Boley
Boley [irish form of the name: Buaile] The tradition of people taking the sheep and cattle to the mountains.
buachailleacht, f. (gs. ~a). (Act of) herding (cattle). ~ bó, cowherding.  
Tá siad dárm~, they are keeping a watch on all our movements. (Var: buachaillíocht)
Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla (Ó Dónaill, 1977)