Birr Aerodrome

Birr Airfield is located 1 NM south of the town of in in . It was originally called Birr View Air Strip. The area for many years has been closely linked with aviation, dating from the time of the British Army air strip which was very near the present air field.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: “Crinkill Airfield” and “EIBR”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Birr Castle and Leviathan of Parsonstown.

Castle
Photo: Tpower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle in the town of in , 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…

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The , 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.

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, , 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 Crinkill.

Photo: Magrietha Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

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.

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.

Birr Aerodrome

Latitude
53.0706° or 53° 4′ 14″ north
Longitude
-7.8974° or 7° 53′ 51″ west
Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)
Open location code
9C5J34C3+72
Open­Street­Map ID
way 246332078
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Wiki­data ID
Q597664
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Satellite Map

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

From Malay to Tajik—“Birr Aerodrome” goes by many names.
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Birr”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بیر”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бир”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Бир”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hillbrook and Whiteford.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Birr Military Cemetery and Crinkill GAA.

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