
Borris-in-Ossory
Sign in to savethumb|St. Mark's Church of Ireland Borris-in-Ossory (, or the 'Burgage of Osraige') is a village in west County Laois, Ireland, close to the Tipperary border and the M7 motorway.
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Place details
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 508
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.name
- Borris-in-Ossory
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Main Street, Borris-in-Ossory (geograph 3625885).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main Street
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Irish Grid Reference
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Leinster
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- County Laois
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 105
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Laois
- Elevation
- 105
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- OCBorrisInOssory 055w.jpg
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- Commons category
- Borris-in-Ossory
- Irish Grid Reference
- S246878
- historic county
- County Laois
- native label
- Buiríos Mór Osraí
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Features
- Transport
- Roads
- Buses
- Rail
- Education
- Religion
- Sport
- People
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|St. Mark's Church of Ireland Borris-in-Ossory (, or the 'Burgage of Osraige') is a village in west County Laois, Ireland, close to the Tipperary border and the M7 motorway.
==Features== The village has facilities such as a school, churches, community hall, convenience retail outlets and a number of service businesses. The village centre comprises Main Street and includes retail, commercial, institutional, educational and residential functions. Landmark buildings include the Hiberno Romanesque Church of Ireland church of St. Mark, built c.1870, with round tower style bell tower, St. Canice's Church (Roman Catholic), the Ossory of Borris-in-Ossory, and former courthouse. The renovated O’Brien Hall is used as a meeting place for the village's Youth Club and other activities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Borris-in-Ossory” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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