Two Mile Borris, Thurles - Book of County Tipperary, 1889

About “The Book of County Tipperary,” 1889

George Henry Bassett produced 7 Irish county directories in the 1880s: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Kilkenny, Louth, Tipperary and Wexford. Each provides useful history of the respective counties as well as lists of office holders, farmers, traders, and other residents of the individual cities, towns and villages.

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The directories are naturally an invaluable resource for those tracing family history. The Book of County Tipperary is the first of these to be made available on libraryireland.com, with its own search page. However, there are a few points to bear in mind.

  1. This online version is designed primarily as a genealogical research tool and therefore the numerous advertisements in the original book, many full page, and quite a few illustrated, have been excluded.
  2. The text has been proofed with due care, but with large bodies of text typographical errors are inevitably bound to occur.
  3. Be aware that there were often inconsistencies in spelling surnames in the 19th century and also that many forenames are abbreviated in Bassett’s directories.

With respect to the last point, surnames which today begin with the “Mc” prefix, for example, were often formerly spelt as “M‘,”. For a list of some of the more common forename abbreviations used in the directory, see Forename Abbreviations.

To enjoy the rich variety of advertisements, confirm accuracy of the entries, or have a printed record of a family member, obtain an original or facsimile copy of The Book of County Tipperary.

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Two Mile Borris is a village of 20 houses, in the parish of same name, barony of Eliogarty, 3 miles, Irish, east by south from Thurles. The land of the district is good for pasture and tillage. There are remains of castles at Two Mile Borris and Coolcroo.

Catholic Ch., Priests, see Horse and Jockey and Littleton

Church of Id., Littleton

Grocers: Jas. Dwyer, Ellen St. John

Post M.: Jas. Cooke

School, Nl.: J110. Manning

Spirit retailers: Pat Bannon, Cath. Hayes, Edw. Maher

FARMERS AND RESIDENTS.

Commins, Thomas, Blackcastle

Cushing, Miss Mt., Borris

Dalton, Jeremiah, Noard House

Duggan, Michael & Thos., Borris

Fanning, Martin, Borris

Guilfoyle, Michael. Ballyerke

Hayes, Daniel, Leigh

Hayes, Daniel M., Borris

Hayes, Mrs. A., Leigh

Hayes, Thomas, Leigh

Large, Christopher, Leigh

Maher, Edmd., Coolcroo

Morriss, Thomas, Borris

Ryan, John, Borris

Ryan, Thomas, Coalfields