Haines of Birr
Haines of Birr is a hardware store in County Offaly, Leinster. Haines of Birr is situated nearby to Birr Fire Station, as well as near the motorhome stopover Woodland Villas.- Type: Hardware store
- Address: Birr
- Roof shape: gabled
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Birr Castle and Leviathan of Parsonstown.
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.
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 1 km southwest of Haines of Birr.
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 730 metres south of Haines of Birr.
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
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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. Riverstown is situated 2½ km southwest of Haines of 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. Crinkill is situated 3 km south of Haines of Birr.
Haines of Birr
- Categories: building, shop, and retail building
- Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.10252° or 53° 6′ 9″ northLongitude
-7.90653° or 7° 54′ 24″ westLevels
2Open location code
9C5J433V+29OpenStreetMap ID
way 239946638OpenStreetMap feature
building=retailOpenStreetMap feature
shop=hardwareOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gabled
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