Borris
An Bhuiríos | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Main Street | |
  Borris Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°36′08″N 6°55′30″W / 52.602109°N 6.925077°W | |
| Continent | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Carlow |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Population | 652 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | S733503 |
Borris (Irish: An Bhuiríos, formerly Buirgheas Ó nDróna)[2] is a village on the River Barrow, in County Carlow, Ireland. It lies on the R702 regional road.
Borris has views of the neighbouring countryside with Mount Leinster and the Blackstairs Mountains to the east, and the Barrow Valley to the west. It is the home to Borris House,[3] the ancestral home of the MacMurrough Kavanaghs.
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Borris". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office Ireland. April 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "An Bhuiríos/Borris". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Government of Ireland. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Borris House". Morgan and Sara Kavanagh. Retrieved 5 September 2011.