About the town » Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Munster, Ireland

Borrisokane (Irish: Buiríos Uí Chéin, meaning "the Burgage of the Cianacht") is a town in North Tipperary, Ireland. In 2006 it had a population of approximately 1,145. It is situated on the N52/N65 National secondary road between Nenagh and Portumna and the N52 between Nenagh and Birr. The Ballyfinboy River flows through the town on its way to Lough Derg which is only 12 km to the west. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Ormond Lower and an Ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. The proposed new Dáil constituency of Offaly will incorporate twenty four electoral divisions from Tipperary North including Borrisokane.