Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas: Jeremy Irons and Laurie Anderson feature in an eclectic mix
West Cork residents Sinead Cusack and Jeremy Irons read from TS Eliot's The Wasteland at the Festival of Writing and Ideas in Borris. Picture: Frank Smith
Borris – a picturesque village in Co Carlow - is off the beaten track and nestled between the Blackstairs Mountains and Mount Leinster. At its heart is Borris House, the ancestral home of the MacMurrough Kavanaghs whose family heritage boasts former Irish kings.

