Birr 38kV Substation

Birr 38kV Substation is an electrical substation in County Offaly, Leinster. Birr 38kV Substation is situated nearby to the health club CrossFit, as well as near House Fitness Birr.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Birr Castle and Leviathan of Parsonstown.

Birr Castle

Castle

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Birr Castle is a castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland. It is the home of Brendan Parsons, 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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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 2 km northwest of Birr 38kV Substation.

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 1¼ km northwest of Birr 38kV Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crinkill and Birr.

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.

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 4700 in 2022. It’s a well-preserved Georgian town with graceful streets and elegant buildings.

Riverstown

Village

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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.

Birr 38kV Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.08976° or 53° 5′ 23″ north

Longitude

-7.89049° or 7° 53′ 26″ west

Operator

ESB Networks

Open location code

9C5J34Q5+WR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 183499449

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include CrossFit and House Fitness Birr.

Nearby Places

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