ɪt hɐz ɡˈɪvən ɪts nˈeɪm tuː "bˈuːlɐvˌoʊɡ", ɐn ˈaɪɹɪʃ bˈæləd kəmˈɛmɚɹˌeɪɾɪŋ ðɪ ˈaɪɹɪʃ ɹᵻbˈɛliən ʌv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt, wˌɛn ðə lˈoʊkəl pˈæɹɪʃ pɹˈiːst fˈɑːðɚ dʒˈɑːn mˈɜːfi lˈɛd hɪz pˈæɹɪʃənɚz ˌɪntʊ bˈæɾəl ˌɔn twˈɛnti sˈɪks mˈeɪ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt.
It has given its name to "Boolavogue", an Irish ballad commemorating the Irish Rebellion of 1798, when the local parish priest Father John Murphy led his parishioners into battle on 26 May 1798.