Bordwell is a small civil parish with no real village or town in it. It's a few miles from Rathdowney town and whilst it once was part of the Roman Catholic Parish of Aghaboe, it is now part of the Roman Catholic parish of Clough. Clough village is located in Park townland in Aghaboe civil parish

Bordwell Civil Parish, description Samuel Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837

Bordwell belongs to the Civil Registration Districts of Abbeyleix and Donaghmore until Donagmore was dissolved

Abbeyleix BMD District Civil Record Refs - Donaghmore BMD District Civil Record Refs

Bordwell Roman Catholic Parish records are found amongst those of Aghaboe
Aghaboe
Baptisms : 1795-1825 (some large gaps)
June 18th 1826 - Dec 19th 1850
Jan 28th 1849 - Dec 12th 1880
Marriages : July 4th 1794 - Feb 1807
Nov 1st 1816 - Aug 10th 1824
Aug 2nd 1825 - Aug 4th 1846
June 25th 1850 - May 20th 1880
NLI Pos. 5012
LDS BFA 979700

Aghaboe R.C. partial Baptismal Index (Misc. surnames) 1796-1798

Aghaboe R.C. Baptismal extracts 1849 to 1858

Bordwell area Maps

Discovery series Map No. 60: Kilkenny, Laois, Tipperary: (parts of Co. Laois covered: Abbeyleix - Aghaboe - Aghmacart - Ballacolla - Ballinakill - Ballyroan - Borris in Ossory - Castlefleming -Clogh - Cullahill - Donaghmore - Durrow - Grantstown - Rathdowney)