Borris (Irish: An Bhuiríos, formerly Buirgheas Ó nDróna) is a village on the The Barrow, in County Carlow, Ireland. It lies on the R702 regional road. Borris commands panoramic 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 the ancestral home of the MacMurrough Kavanaghs.
The village also has one of the oldest golf courses in Ireland as well as the Borris Viaduct, a 16 arch limestone viaduct (The 16 Bridges) built in 1860 and designed by William le Fanu. It has a mixed national school and vocational school (colloquially known as “The Tech or BVS”), a Roman Catholic church, several public houses and take-aways, and three supermarkets.
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