It has two supermarkets - O'Shea's (Londis) and Cosgraves, 6 Public Houses - O'Sheas, Joyces, Kavanaghs, Green Drake Inn, Daltons and Coadys. A 9-hole golf course at 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. The town also has a school which has over 490 students and 33-36 teachers.
History
The MacMurrough Kavanagh dynasty, former Celtic Kings of Leinster, are central to this picturesque town of old stone buildings. The family still live at Borris House in the town centre. Built in Tudor style, the house is open to groups by prior arrangement.The town prospered in the late 1800s as Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh, the landlord of the time, developed a sawmill and a thriving lace-making industry. He also instigated the building of the graceful 16-arch viaduct, situated at the lower end of the town, which was intended to carry the now defunct Great Southern and Western Railway line between Bagenalstown and Wexford. Borris railway station opened on 20 December 1858, closed for passenger traffic on 2 February 1931 and for goods traffic on 27 January 1947, finally closing altogether on 1 April 1963.
Sport
Borris is home to Mount Leinster Rangers GAA Club which was founded in 1988 with the amalgamation of 3 parish teams, Borris, Ballymurphy and Rathanna. In 2006 the club won its first senior hurling championship beating St.Mullins in the final and repeated the achievement again in 2007 beating the same opposition in the final.See also
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