A small drogher or fishing boat, or a diminutive form possibly referring to a very small coastal vessel.
Diminutive form of 'drogher' or 'drogh,' using the '-lin' suffix which creates 'little' or 'small' versions of words in English and Gaelic.
The -lin suffix (also seen in 'gosling' and Irish place names) was used to describe smaller versions of things—a droghlin was basically a child's toy or a tiny boat for shallow waters and harbors.
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