Riverstown
Riverstown is a small village straddling the border between Counties Tipperary and Offaly on the outskirts of Birr in Ireland. It is mostly within the townland of Ballyloughnane, on the Tipperary side of the river.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Birr Castle and Leviathan of Parsonstown.
Birr Castle
Castle
Photo: Tpower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Birr Castle is a large castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland. It is the home of the 7th Earl of Rosse and his family, and as such the castle is generally not open to the public, though the grounds and gardens of the demesne are publicly…
Leviathan of Parsonstown
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Leviathan of Parsonstown, or Rosse six-foot telescope, is a historic reflecting telescope of 72 inches aperture, which was the largest telescope in the world from 1845 until the construction of the 100-inch Hooker Telescope in California in 1917.
John’s Hall
Museum
Photo: Brian Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
John's Hall, also known as Birr Town Hall is a municipal building in John's Mall, Birr, County Offaly, Ireland. The building is currently used by the Irish Heritage School as their lecturing and exhibition venue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birr and Crinkill.
Birr
Photo: Magrietha Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Birr is a town in County Offaly in the Midlands of Ireland, with a population of 5741 in 2016. Birr is a well preserved Georgian town with graceful streets and elegant buildings.
Crinkill
Village
Crinkill, sometimes spelt Crinkle, is a village in County Offaly, Ireland, close to Birr. Crinkill was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census, at which time it had a population of 682 people.
Rathcabbin
Locality
Rathcabbin, often Rathcabban, is a village and electoral district in the northernmost part of County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located off the R489 regional road between Portumna, County Galway and Birr, County Offaly. Rathcabbin is situated 8 km northwest of Riverstown.
Riverstown
- Type: Village
- Description: village near Birr, County Tipperary, Ireland
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Tipperary, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.08271° or 53° 4′ 58″ northLongitude
-7.92432° or 7° 55′ 28″ westElevation
49 metres (161 feet)Open location code
9C5J33MG+37OpenStreetMap ID
node 52245615OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Riverstown” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Riverstown”
- Irish: “Baile idir Dhá Abhainn”
- Irish: “Baile Uí Lachnáin”
- Russian: “Риверстаун”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Killeen Wood and Friend’s Burial Ground.
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