Borris, Twomileborris

Borris is a townland comprising a little over 1,327 acres in the civil parish of Twomileborris in County Tipperary, Ireland.

The townland illustrates how Borrisleigh civil parish is an interesting complex of enclaves and exclaves.

The current Ordnance Survey map of the area shows that the ancient perimeter of this small enclave (which is just over three acres in size) is still present on the ground,[5] as the boundary of a field which lies just to the west of the modern housing area called Fanning Park and to the east of the site of an old graveyard and the ruins of the castle.

They lie just to the west of the village of Two-Miles Borris and are surrounded by Garraun townland.

The western edge of this field contained what remained of the eastern boundary of the larger exclave.

Borris in the context of the civil parish
Borris townland, showing that it contains an enclave of Noard townland, is bounded on the north by other exclaves of Noard townland and has two exclaves of its own located to the west in Garraun townland
Exclaves and enclaves around Two-mile Borris, showing the extent of the village in mid-19th century
The modern houses and field boundaries in, and around, Twomileborris village, showing how these relate to the boundaries of the townland exclaves and enclaves