Shannon Region
Munster
County Tipperary

Birr Castle

Birr Castle is a large castle in the town of in , . 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…
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Leviathan of Parsonstown and Marian Hall.

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, 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.

Community center
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is a community center.

Museum
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John's Hall, also known as Birr Town Hall is a municipal building in John's Mall, , 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 Riverstown.

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is a town in in the Midlands of Ireland, with a population of 5741 in 2016. is a well preserved Georgian town with graceful streets and elegant buildings.

Village
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is a small village straddling the border between Counties and on the outskirts of in . It is mostly within the townland of Ballyloughnane, on the Tipperary side of the river.

Village
, sometimes spelt Crinkle, is a village in , , close to . 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.

Birr Castle

Latitude
53.09535° or 53° 5′ 43″ north
Longitude
-7.91476° or 7° 54′ 53″ west
Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)
Open location code
9C5J33WP+43
Open­Street­Map ID
way 419215618
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
2966153
Wiki­data ID
Q2419871
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Satellite Map

Discover Birr Castle from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Birr Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة بير”
  • Armenian: “Բիր դղյակ”
  • Basque: “Birr gaztelua”
  • Bavarian: “Birr Castle”
  • Belarusian: “Замак Бір”
  • Catalan: “castell de Birr”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Birr”
  • Chinese: “比尔城堡”
  • Chinese: “比爾城堡”
  • Danish: “Birr Castle”
  • Dutch: “Birr Castle”
  • French: “château de Birr”
  • French: “Château de Birr”
  • German: “Birr Castle”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Bhiorra”
  • Italian: “castello di Birr”
  • Italian: “Castello di Birr”
  • Japanese: “バール城”
  • Japanese: “ベール城”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Birr Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Birr”
  • Russian: “Замок Бирр”
  • Slovenian: “Birr Castle”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Birr”
  • Swedish: “Birr Castle”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Бірр”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Mount Palmer and Scurragh.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Waterfall Point and St Brendan’s Well.

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