St Brendan’s Community School
St Brendan's Community School is a mixed-gender secondary school in the town of Birr, County Offaly in Ireland. As of 2024, the school had an enrollment of 822.- Email: info@stbrendanscsbirr.ie
- Type: School
- Description: secondary school in Birr, County Offaly, Ireland
- Also known as: “St. Brendan’s Community School” and “St. Brendan’s Community School Birr”
- Address: Cappaneale, Birr
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leviathan of Parsonstown and Birr Castle.
Leviathan of Parsonstown
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The 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. Leviathan of Parsonstown is situated 1 km south of St Brendan’s Community School.
Birr Castle
Castle
Photo: Tpower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Birr Castle is a 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 accessible, and include a science museum and a café, a reflecting telescope which was the largest in the world for decades and a modern radio telescope.
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. John’s Hall is situated 1 km southeast of St Brendan’s Community School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birr and Riverstown.
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.
Riverstown
Village
Photo: sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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. Crinkill is situated 3 km south of St Brendan’s Community School.
St Brendan’s Community School
- Categories: secondary school and education
- Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.10428° or 53° 6′ 15″ northLongitude
-7.91679° or 7° 55′ 0″ westOperator
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board;Presentation BrothersOpen location code
9C5J433M+P7OpenStreetMap ID
way 183489015OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q7587348
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover St Brendan’s Community School from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oxmantown School and Millenium Gardens.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Cappaneale House and Lidl.
County Offaly: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Tullamore, Birr, Clonmacnoise, and Edenderry.
Curious Schools to Discover
Uncover intriguing schools from every corner of the globe.