Birr

Birr is a town in in the Midlands of Ireland, with a population of 4700 in 2022. It’s a well-preserved Georgian town with graceful streets and elegant buildings.
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  • Type: Town with 3,300 residents
  • Description: town in County Offaly, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Birr, County Offaly”, “Birr, republik irlandia”, “Parsonstown”, “Берр (Оффали)”, “Бирр (река)”, “バール”, and “ベール”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Birr Castle and Leviathan of Parsonstown.

Castle
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is a castle in the town of Birr in , Ireland.

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The , or Rosse six-foot…

Museum
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John's Hall, also known as Birr Town Hall…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crinkill and Riverstown.

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

Village
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is a small village straddling the border…

Birr

Latitude
53.0961° or 53° 5′ 46″ north
Longitude
-7.9109° or 7° 54′ 39″ west
Population
3,300
Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IE BIR
Open location code
9C5J33WQ+CJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52245580
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2966154
Wiki­data ID
Q865849
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Birr” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Birr”
  • Basque: “Birr”
  • Belarusian: “Бір”
  • Breton: “Biorra”
  • Bulgarian: “Бир”
  • Catalan: “Birr”
  • Cebuano: “Birr”
  • Chinese: “伯爾”
  • Cornish: “Biorra”
  • Czech: “Birr”
  • Danish: “Birr (Irland)”
  • Danish: “Birr”
  • Dutch: “Birr”
  • Finnish: “Birr (kaupunki)”
  • Finnish: “Birr”
  • French: “Birr”
  • Georgian: “ბირი”
  • German: “Birr”
  • Indonesian: “Birr, Republik Irlandia”
  • Irish: “Biorra”
  • Italian: “Birr”
  • Japanese: “バー”
  • Lithuanian: “Biras”
  • Macedonian: “Бир”
  • Manx: “Biorra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Birr (Irland)”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Birr i County Offaly”
  • Norwegian: “Birr”
  • Polish: “Birr (Irlandia)”
  • Polish: “Birr”
  • Russian: “Бирр”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Biorra”
  • Serbian: “Бер (Ирска)”
  • Serbian: “Бер”
  • Slovak: “Birr”
  • Spanish: “Birr”
  • Swedish: “Birr, Irland”
  • Urdu: “بئر، کاؤنٹی اوفلی”
  • Urdu: “بئر”
  • Welsh: “Biorra”
  • “Birr”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Scurragh and Mount Palmer.

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