Borris House, Tudor Revival seat of the McMurrough Kavanaghs twice attacked by rebels in 1798, the sixteen-arch Borris Viaduct built by Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh, the 1820 Church of the Sacred Heart, a granite former railway station, and the old Tudor Revival RIC barracks, now a Garda station — 5 stops through a Carlow estate village on the River Barrow. Looking for things to do in Borris? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.
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Stops on This Trail
Borris House
Borris Viaduct
Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, Borris
Borris Railway Station
Borris Garda Station (former RIC Barracks)
For Schools
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