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BOR
Esq. j Baymount, of Capt. Cockburn; Mereview, of T.
Clinch, Esq.; Woodbine Cottage, of Capt. M c Naghton;
and Waltham, of A. Ormsby, Esq. The village, with
those of Williamstown and Blackrock, nearly forms
a continuous extent of town; and within the parish are
the avenues of Merrton, Cross, Sydney and Williams-
town, in each of which are rows of neat houses, with
numerous detached villas. This place is much.fre-
quented during the summer season on. account of its
facilities for sea-bathing and its fine strand of smooth
sand; numerous lodging-houses have been prepared for
the accommodation of visiters; and a cross embank-
ment communicating with the railway, which is carried
on an embankment through the sea in front of the town,
at a short distance from high water mark, has been con-
structed for their convenience. The twopenny post has
three deliveries daily from the metropolis, and a con-
stant and rapid communication with the city is main-
tained by the railway and by cars, which ply in both
directions.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Dub-
lin, erected out of the parish of Donnybrook by act of
council in 1821, and in the patronage of the Archdeacon of
Dublin; the rectory forms part of the corps of the arch-
deaconry. The tithes amount to £65. 0.2., the whole of
which is payable to the archdeacon, who allows the
perpetual curate £.16 per annum; the curacy was also
endowed by the late Earl of Pembroke with £1000, since
invested in ground rents now producing £73.16.10. The
church is a handsome structure, in the later English style,
with a square embattled tower with crocketed pinnacles
at the angles, and surmounted by a lofty spire; the walls
are strengthened with buttresses terminating in pin-
nacles, and crowned with an embattled parapet. It was
erected in 1824, on a piece of ground given by the late
Earl of Pembroke in Cross Avenue, at an expense of
£5000, of which sum, £2700 was a gift from the late
Board of First Fruits; and contains neat monuments
to James Digges Latouche and Richard Verschoyle,
Esqrs. In the R. C. divisions this parish forms the
head of a union or district including also parts of the
parishes of Donnybrook, Kill, Monkstown, Rathfarn-
liam, Stillorgan, and Taney. The chapel is a spacious
and handsome edifice, erected at the sole expense of the
late Earl Fitzwilliam; there are also chapels at Black-
rock and Dundrum. A neat parochial school-house,
with apartments for a master and mistress, was built-in
1826, near the church, at an expense of £600, defrayed
by subscription; and an infants’ school was built ad-
joining the former in 1833, in which is kept a parochial
lending library; these schools are supported by sub-
scription and collections at charity sermons. In connec-
tion with the R. C. chapel is a girls’ school, to which
Mrs. Verschoyle contributes £20 per annum. Here is
a dispensary; and a Dorcas Society is supported by
subscription and collections at charity sermons.
BORDWELL, a parish, in the barony of UPPER
OSSORY, QUEEN’S county, and province of LEINSTER,
2¾ miles (N. E.) from Rathdowney; containing S69 in-
habitants. It is situated on the road from Abbeyleix to
Templemore, and comprises 2549 statute acres, as ap-
plotted under the tithe act. The state of agriculture is
improving; there is a small quantity of bog; and
limestone is quarried in the parish. The principal seats
are Grantstown, the residence of R. Vicars, Esq. 3 Cool-
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BOR
fin, of T. Roe, Esq.; and Fernville, of—Palmer, Esq.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Ossory, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes
amount to £137. 10. The church is in ruins, and divine
service is performed in the school-house. There is
neither glebe-house nor glebe. In the R. C. divisions
the parish forms part of the union or district of Aghavoe;
the chapel is a large building. The parochial school is
supported by subscription, aided by annual donations
from Lord Lorton, the rector, Mr. Roe, and others; and
at Fox Rock is a National school; in these schools are
about 50 boys and 30 girls. At Grantstown and at
Kilbredy are the ruins of old castles.
BORRIS, or BORRIS-IDRONE, a village, in the
parish of CLONAGOOSE, barony of IDRONE EAST, county
of CARLOW, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (S. E.)
from Goresbridge; containing 67 L inhabitants. This
place is situated near the river Barrow, on the road from
Carlow to Ross: it has a patent for a market on Friday,
“which is not held, and a penny post to Goresbridge.
Borris House, the noble seat of the late T. Kavanagh, Esq.,
is situated in an extensive and richly wooded demesne,
and commands fine views terminated on the south-east
by the imposing range of the Blackstairs mountains.
This mansion, which externally exhibits the appearance
of an English baronial residence of the 16th century,
while every advantage of convenience and splendour is
secured within, has been for ages the chief residence of
the posterity of Donald Kavanagh, natural son of Mac
Murrough, last King of Leinster, whose name and
authority he subsequently assumed. In 1642, being
garrisoned by the parliamentarians, it was besieged by
the Irish, and with difficulty the garrison was relieved
and reinforced by Sir C. Coote. In the disturbances of
1798 it sustained two attacks; first, on May 24th, when
the insurgents were repulsed by Capt. Kavanagh’s yeo-
manry corps, with the loss of 50 killed and wounded;
and afterwards on June 12th, from a detachment sent
against it from Vinegar Hill, on which occasion it was
defended with great bravery by a party of the Donegal
militia, who compelled the assailants, after burning the
out-offices and destroying some houses in Borris, to
retire with considerable loss. At Kilcamney, in the
vicinity, an action was also fought, in which the insur-
gents were routed with the loss of their stores by the
king’s forces under Sir C. Asgill. Petty sessions are
held here every alternate Thursday, and road sessions
occasionally: the court-house was lately erected by Mr.
Kavanagh. This is a chief constabulary police station;
and there is a small barrack for the accommodation of
about 30 men. Fairs for cattle, sheep, pigs, &c, are
held on Jan. 1st, Feb. 5th, May 1st, July 2nd, Aug. 15th,
Oct. 4th, and Nov. 14th, and four more fairs have been
lately obtained; that in July is a considerable fair for
wool. Attached to Borris House is a very handsome
private chapel, erected by the late Mr. Kavanagh, and
open to the inhabitants. In the R. C. divisions this
place is the head of a union or district comprising parts
of the parishes of Clonagoose, Ullard (county of Kil-
kenny), St. Mullins, and Ballyellin, and the whole of
that of Kiltennel: the parochial chapel is a handsome
edifice, lately built at an expense of £2000. There is a
school, in which 150 boys and 90 girls are taught: the
school-house is a commodious building, erected and
fitted up by local contributions amounting to £274. 5, 6.,