Two-Mile Borris (also written Twomileborris or Two Mile Borris; and locally Borris or TMB) is a village in

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

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. The village is located on the L4202 road at the junction with the Ballyduff Road, close to the N75 and from

Thurles Thurles (; ''Durlas Éile'') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles (Roman Catholic parish), Thurles. The cathedral ch ...

town centre. It is also situated 1 mile from junction 5 of the M8 motorway. Its population was 572 as of the 2016 census, up from 502 in 2006. It is situated in the

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of Borris which is part of the

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of Twomileborris in the ancient

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Eliogarty Eliogarty (Irish: ''Éile Uí Fhógarta'') is a barony in County Tipperary, Ireland. This geographical unit of land is one of 12 baronies in County Tipperary. Its chief town is Thurles. The barony lies between Ikerrin to the north (whose chief to ...

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- Twomileborris civil parish

History

In the 1830s, the village was the property of Hugh Nugent O'Reilly.

History of the placename

The name ''Borris'' is generally believed to have come from the

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word for a borough, district or stronghold. The Irish name ''Buiríos Léith'' was historically anglicised as ''Borrisleigh'' or ''Borris Leigh''. The use of ''Leigh'' in the placename would seem to be related to the monastic settlement of Liathmore-Mochoemóg in

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, about a mile and a half to the north-east of the village. Those who prefer the Irish name of ''Buirgheas Dhá Mhíle'' say that the name refers to King Mile, ancestor of

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and numerous Irish Kings and heroes.

Amenities and facilities

It has a primary school, Catholic church, two pubs and two shops. There are a number of

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s. The village is located right at the edge of the

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and the

Bog of Allen The Bog of Allen ( ga, Móin Alúine) is a large raised bog in the centre of Ireland between the rivers Liffey and Shannon. The bog's 958 square kilometers (370 square miles) stretch into County Offaly, County Meath, County Kildare, County Lao ...

and so the quality of the land varies around the area, with most of the best farming land located to the west of the village. Parts of the land to the east are too boggy to be used, even for extracting turf. The village proper is bounded on the west by the Black River, a tributary of

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, which goes on to join

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. The approach to the village is dominated by a Norman tower-house. In June 2011, a

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was approved by

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for a casino, hotel and racetrack, proposed to be known as the Tipperary Venue.

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opposed the project, telling a planning tribunal that it had concerns about the impact on local water as well as other ecological and commercial factors. In September 2011, then

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confirmed that the proposed casino was not compatible with Ireland's gambling legislation and "ruled out" based on a

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decision. The proposed development's planning application expired in 2018.

Notable people

* Martin Hayes (born 1959),

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and current

Bishop of Kilmore The Bishop of Kilmore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the parish of Kilmore, County Cavan in Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishopr ...

, grew up in Borris

References

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