What is "bohermore"

Bohermore is located in the area of Galway, Ireland. The name is derived from the Irish literally meaning "the big road".

There is a large cemetery located in Bohermore known as the "New Cemetery", which contains two mortuary chapels, one Catholic and the other Protestant. People buried there include Lord Haw Haw ( William Joyce) who was a main German English-speaking Axis broadcaster during World War II. Lady Gregory, a founding member of the Irish Literary Theatre Movement, lived and died in the environs, and was buried there in 1932.

It is home to the local football team Galway Hibernians.