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and a grant of £97. 5. 6. from the National Board. A
dispensary is maintained in the customary manner; and
there is an institution called the Borris Benevolent
Society, established about eight years, to which the
payment of one shilling monthly entitles each member,
in case of sickness, to a weekly allowance of 5s. for the
first three months, and of 2s. 6d. afterwards so long as
he shall continue sick. At Borris House is preserved
the “Figeen,” a curious ornament of silver and tin,
found on the demesne; and an ancient horn and a cas-
ket, called the Liath-Mersicith, esteemed among the most
valuable curiosities in the museum of Trinity College,
Dublin, are relics which formerly belonged to the Kava-
naghs.—See CLONAGOOSE.
BORRIS, QUEEN’S county. — See MARYBO-
ROUGH.
BORRIS - IN - OSSORY. — See BURROS- IN-
OSSORY.
BORRISLEIGH, or TWO-MILE BURRIS, a pa-
rish, in the barony of ELIOGARTY, county of TIPPERARY,
and province of MUNSTER, 3½ miles (S. S. E.) from
Thurles; containing, with the town of Littleton, 3020
inhabitants. This parish is situated at the junction of
the roads leading respectively from Johnstown to Cashel,
and from Killenaule and Thurles to New Birmingham; it
comprises 7988 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe
act, and valued at £5702 per annum. Within its limits
is a small portion of the Bog of Allen, and the river Lis-
caveen forms a boundary between it and the parish of
Ballymoreen. The village, which is small, is the pro-
perty of Sir Hugh Nugent O’Reilly, and is only remark-
able for the ruins of a church and castle, and the remains
of a Danish fort, all within a few yards of each other. The
living is a rectory, in the diocese of Cashel, united from
a period prior to any known record to the vicarages of
Boly or Galvoly and Drom, and to the chapelry of Leogh,
together constituting the union of Borrisleigh and the
corps of the treasurership in the cathedral of Cashel, in
the patronage of the Archbishop: the tithes amount to
£600, and of the benefice to £738. 1. 6½. The church
is a handsome edifice, partly in the later English style,
and was enlarged by aid of a loan of £1000 from the
late Board of First Fruits, in 1820; and another loan of
£923 was granted for its repair in 1828. There is a glebe-
house, with a glebe of 30 acres, the latter subject to a
rent; in the parish of Drom is also a glebe of 42a. 1r. 19p.,
statute measure, leased at £30. 9. 3., with arenewal fine
of £6.10. per annum. In the R. C. divisions this parish
forms partof the union or district of Moykarkey. The pa-
rochial school is supported by the rector, who contributes
£20 per annum; and another school is maintained by
private subscription. In these schools about 90 boys
and 50 girls are instructed; and there are three pay
schools, in which are about 100 boys and 80 girls.—See
LITTLETON.
BORRISMORE, a townland, in the parish of UR-
LINGFORD, barony of GALMOY, county of KILKENNY,
and province of LEINSTER, 4 miles (W. by N.) from
Freshford: the population is returned with the parish.
This place anciently formed part of the possessions of
the abbey of Jerpoint: it contains 2037 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act, for which the composition
amounts to £S3. 2. 5. per annum, appropriate to the
benefice of Burnchurch, in the diocese of Ossory.
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BORRIS-O’-KANE.—See BURRIS-O’-KANE.
BOTHON.—See BUTTEVANT.
BOURNEY, or BOURCHIN, a parish, in the barony
of IKERRIN, county of TIPPERARY, and province of
MUNSTER, 4½ miles (S. E.) from Roscrea; containing
4061 inhabitants This parish is situated between the
mail coach road from Dublin to Limerick, and the pub-
lic road from Roscrea to Templemore; and comprises
more than 9700 statute acres. The rivers Nore and
Suir have their rise here in the side of the mountain of
Benduff, their respective sources not being more than
half a mile distant from each other; the Nore pursues
nearly a direct course through this parish and Corbally
into Burros-in-Ossory; the Suir forms the southern
boundary of the parish. Dangan Lodge is the seat of
J. Middleton, Esq.; Derrylahan, of J. Mason, Esq.;
Mount Fresco, of Horatio Lloyd, Esq.; and Lorn Park,
of G. Roe, Esq. Here is a station of the constabulary
police. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Kil-
laloe, to which the rectory and vicarage of Burrisnefarney
were united by act of council, forming the union of
Bourney, in the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory
is impropriate in the Marquess of Ormonde. The tithes
amount to £550, of which £350 is payable to the im-
propriator, and £200 to the vicar; and the gross
tithes of the union payable to the incumbent amount to
£384. 12. 4. The church is a plain building, for the
repairs of which the EccIesiastical Commissioners have
recently granted £246. 8. 9. The glebe-house was built
by aid of a gift of £350 and a loan of £450, in 1814,
from the late Board of First Fruits: the glebe comprises
about six acres in four detached portions in this parish.
In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union
or district, which comprises also the parishes of Bur-
risnefarney and Corbally, and contains four chapels, all
neat buildings, of which the principal is situated at
Clonakenny, in this parish. There is a place of worship
for the Society of Friends at Knockbally Meagher. The
parochial schools afford instruction to about 40 boys
and 40 girls; and there are also four private pay schools,
in which are about 170 children. At Boulebane, Bawn-
madrum, and Clonakenny are considerable remains of
ancient castles; the first two are situated on an eminence
very near each other.
BOVEVAGH, a parish, in the barony of KENAUGHT,
county of LONDONDERRY, and province of ULSTER,
2 miles (N.) from Dungiven; containing 5552 inhabi-
tants. At this place, anciently called Boith-Medhbha,
a monastery was founded in 557 by St. Columb, of
which Aidan, nephew of St. Patrick, w1as the first abbot.
This establishment was situated on the western bank of
the river Roe, and continued to flourish for some years,
but was plundered and destroyed by the Danes, and
was never afterwards rebuilt. The parish is intersected
by two roads, one on each side of the river, leading
from Dungiven to Newtownlimavady; and, according
to the Ordnance survey, comprises 18,596 statute acres.
The land is generally fertile, but the soil is very variable,
passing through all the gradations from light sand to stiff
clay and marl: on the banks of the river it is gravelly
and remarkably productive. The system of agriculture is
greatly improved; there is scarcely any mountain or
waste land, and the bogs are mostly worked out and re-
claimed. The geological features of the parish are highly
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