Twomileborris (also known as Two-Mile Burris and Borrisleigh) is a civil parish in the barony of Eliogarty, County Tipperary.Twomileborris Civil Parish
The river Liscaveen forms some of the boundary between it and the parish of Ballymoreen; Twomileborris contains an enclave belonging to the latter parish,Parishes of County Tipperary North comprising the townland of Rathcunikeen.
Geography
The parish comprises 7988 statute acres and is divided into nineteen townlands: +Townlands in Twomileborris civil parishTownland NotesBallybeg Containing part of Littleton village, its namesakeBallydavid Containing part of Littleton villageBallyerkBallynamonaBlackcastleBorris Containing Twomileborris villageClooncleaghColdfields CoolcrooDerryhogan GarraunLahardan LowerLahardan UpperLeigh Containing the ruins of Leamakevoge monasteryMonaraheenMonatiernaNewhillNoard Including four detached parts separate from the main body of the townlandRathmanna
According to Samuel Lewis,Samuel Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837 in 1837 the Church of Ireland living was a rectory in the diocese of Cashel, formed at a time earlier than extant records by uniting the vicarages of Boly or Galvoly (civil parish of Galbooly) and Drom with the chapelry of Leogh (Leigh). There are two villages in the parish: Two-Mile Borris and Littleton.
Etymology The English-language name 'Borrisleigh' is derived from the Irish-language Buiríos Léith, as is the last word in the alternative English-language name for the parish, Two-Mile Burris.
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