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Borris Library
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Borris Library

Main Street, Borris

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 21 rated Regional in Borris
SSchoolBBuilt 1830–1835
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗
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About Borris Library

Borris Library is one of 21 buildings in Borris the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Borris Library to 1830–1835. 11 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 10400827↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 20 minutes

Borris · about 1.1 km on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Borris LibraryStart here
  2. 2J. DaltonRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Borris House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
  4. 4Borris House (country house)National rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
  5. 5The LaurelsRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
Farther afield
Borris House (church / chapel)Regional rating (NIAH)400 mShabegRegional rating (NIAH)400 mDrohan HouseRegional rating (NIAH)400 mBorris House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH)500 mThe Step HouseRegional rating (NIAH)500 mBorris Railway Station (store / warehouse)Regional rating (NIAH)500 m
Around it

4 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegCatholic Church of the Sacred Heart39 mRegHouse, Main Street, Borris77 mRegPost box, Main Street, Borris97 mRegJ. Dalton117 m
More like it

Public buildings on the record near Borris

Closest of all: Gowran National School, Gowran, 11 km away. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. The farthest is “School, 53 Saint Kieran's Street” in Kilkenny, 23 km away.

Gowran National SchoolGowran · 11 km away
School, InistiogeInistioge · 16 km away
Thomastown National SchoolThomastown · 17 km away
Saint Canice's HospitalKilkenny · 22 km away
Kilkenny Carnegie Free LibraryKilkenny · 23 km away
Saint John's National SchoolKilkenny · 23 km away
Ormonde CollegeKilkenny · 23 km away
School, 53 Saint Kieran's Street, KilkennyKilkenny · 23 km away

Questions about Borris Library

Is Borris Library on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 10400827).

Can you visit Borris Library?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

When was Borris Library built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1830–1835.

Is Borris Library protected?

Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.

Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).

Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

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