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Borris is a
The townland illustrates how Borrisleigh civil parish is an interesting complex of enclaves and exclaves. It is bounded on the north by two of the four exclaves that belong to the neighbouring townland of Noard while another forms an enclave within Borris, lying just to the south of the historic core of the village of Two-mile Borris. 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, 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.
Borris townland also has two, very small,
Borris is a townland
A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...
comprising a little over 1,327 acres in the civil parish of Twomileborris
Two-Mile Borris (also written Twomileborris or Two Mile Borris; and locally Borris or TMB) is a village in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The village is located on the L4202 road at the junction with the Ballyduff Road, clos ...
in County Tipperary
County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary (tow ...
, Ireland
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. At the time of the 1891 census, it had a population of 212; in 1891 this had fallen to 175 but had risen again to 190 at the time of the 1911 census.
The village of Two-Mile Borris
Two-Mile Borris (also written Twomileborris or Two Mile Borris; and locally Borris or TMB) is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. The village is located on the L4202 road at the junction with the Ballyduff Road, close to the N75 and fr ...
is located in the centre-west of the townland.
Enclaves and exclaves
The townland illustrates how Borrisleigh civil parish is an interesting complex of enclaves and exclaves. It is bounded on the north by two of the four exclaves that belong to the neighbouring townland of Noard while another forms an enclave within Borris, lying just to the south of the historic core of the village of Two-mile Borris. 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, 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.
Borris townland also has two, very small, exclave
An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity. An enclave can be an independent territory or part of a larger one. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is s ...
s of its own. They lie just to the west of the village of Two-Miles Borris and are surrounded by Garraun townland. The larger exclave has an area of just 1 acre
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2 rood
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s and 16 perch
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es, while the smaller is only 3 roods and 26 perches in size. In the early 19th-century, the boundaries of these two exclaves were still almost completely reflected in the field boundaries of the time. By the late 19th century much less of the boundaries were still reflected as field boundaries. By the early 21st century, what little remained of the boundaries of these two exclaves formed part of the boundary of a field lying just to the north-east of the new housing area called ''Dún na Rí''. The western edge of this field contained what remained of the eastern boundary of the larger exclave. The north-eastern corner of this field marked the north-eastern corner of the smaller exclave and short stretches of the edges meeting at this corner reflected the northern and eastern boundaries of the exclave.
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