Hynes's Boreen is in Castlegar County Galway and so called after a local and long established family.
- Access is by Bothar An Choiste.
- Entry Coordinates (today) - Lat.; 53°18'1.23"N - Long.; 9° 1'20.78"W
- 53.300342, -9.022439
- Elevation - 18 to 27 metres, increasing to the North.
- Now included in The Castlegar Way, project.
- Rising to Poll na Preachain (hole of the Crows).
- One of a List of Boreens in this Townland.
- Dynamic Map (new window).
Above; Old Map from the 1940's. See http://www.galway.ie/en/Services/Library/1842OSMaps/ for Copyright information and other Free Maps from this period.
- From this, we can deduce that it is at least that old
- And that it hasn't changed that much since.
- The elevation is marked as 62 (feet) - broadly in line with the metrics above (62 feet = 18.897 6 metres).
- Spellman's Boreen, is also in view.
- Note also, the Old Castlegar Church in Ballygurrane (top right).
