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Buiríos Léith
Twomileborris
The Grey Borough
Buiríos Léith, known in English as Twomileborris, represents a layered settlement spanning early Christian, Viking, Gaelic, and Norman periods. The townland's Irish name 'Buiríos Léith'—meaning 'the grey borough'—reflects the Norman-Irish linguistic synthesis that characterised the medieval colonisation of Tipperary. The place occupies territory within ancient Eliogarty barony, rooted in the Ga...
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