Useful information
- Phone : +353 57 912 0336
- Website: : http://birrcastle.com
Description
The exhibition in the stable courtyard celebrates the outstanding achievements of the Parsons family, including the construction of the world's largest telescope in around 1840 by the 2nd Earl of Rosse; the invention, c 1890, of the first compound steam turbine engine, by Charles Parsons; and pioneering work in photography in the mid-19C by Mary, Countess of Rosse.
Localisation
Things to see and donearby
- The Green Guide1.39 Km - N 52, Birr
- The Green Guide1.48 Km - Oxmantown Mall, Birr
- The Green Guide16.5 Km - Castle Street, Roscrea
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- From €81Brona Dempsey1.16 Km - Rock Lane, Birr, County Offaly, Birr R42 A446
- From €60Townsend House Guest House1.55 Km - Townsend Street, Birr
- From €72Giltraps Townhouse & Glamping12.5 Km - Kinnitty, Kinnitty
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