Birr (/ˈbɜr/; Irish: Biorra) is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. It was formerly called Parsonstown, after the Parsons family who were local landowners and hereditary Earls of Rosse, and renamed at some time between 1891 and 1901.
Population: 4,549
Latitude: 53° 05' 29.00" N
Longitude: -7° 54' 47.99" W
Ireland is an island in northwest Europe in the north Atlantic Ocean whose main geographical features include low central plains surrounded by a ring of coastal mountains. The highest peak is Carrauntoohil (Irish: Corrán Tuathail), which is 1,041 me…
Leap Castle (pronounced “Lep”) is a castle in County Offaly, Ireland, about four miles north of the town of Roscrea on the R421.
Birr Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhiorra) is a large castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland. It is the home of the seventh Earl of Rosse, and as such the residential areas of the castle are not open to the public, though the grounds and ga…
Leviathan of Parsonstown is the unofficial name of the Rosse six-foot telescope.
Castle Bernard' or Kinnitty Castle is a 19th-century gothic revival castle in Kinnitty (Cionn Eitigh), County Offaly, Ireland. It is located north of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R421 regional road between the villages of Kinnitty and Cadamstow…
The River Suck (Irish: An tSuca) is a river within the Shannon River Basin in Ireland, 133 km (82.5 mi) in length.
Clonfert Cathedral is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Clonfert, County Galway in Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin.
Redwood Castle (also known as Egan Castle or Caislean Choillte Rua in Irish) is a Norman castle near Lorrha in County Tipperary, Ireland.
Clonfert (Irish: Cluain Fearta) is a small village in east County Galway, Ireland. It is half way between Ballinasloe and Portumna. The village gives its name to the Diocese of Clonfert. Clonfert Cathedral is one of eight cathedral churches of the C…
Kinnitty (Irish: Cionn Eitigh) is a village in County Offaly, Ireland.
Birr Airfield is an airport located 1 NM (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of the town of Birr in County Offaly in Ireland. It was originally called Birr View Air Strip.
The River Brosna (Irish: An Bhrosnach) is a river within the Shannon River Basin in Ireland, flowing through County Westmeath and County Offaly.
Lorrha-Dorrha GAA is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "North-Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred on the parish of "Lorrha & Dorrha". The club i…
Dunkerrin (Irish: Dún Cairin) is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland, just south of Roscrea and near the County Tipperary border. It on the R445 road which was once the main road from Dublin to Limerick. Dunkerrin is now bypassed by the M7, th…
Clonony (Irish: Cluain Damhna Beag) is a hamlet in County Offaly, Ireland, on the R357 regional road.
Ballyboy or Ballaboy (Irish: Baile Átha Buí, meaning "settlement of the yellow ford") is a village in County Offaly, Ireland.
St. Rynagh's (Irish: Naomh Raghnach) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club that encompasses the towns of Cloghan and Banagher in County Offaly, in Ireland. Formed in 1961, the club gained almost immediate success - winning the senior championship in…
St. Brendan's Park (Irish: Páirc Naoimh Breandáin) is a GAA stadium in Birr, County Offaly, Ireland. It is one of the main grounds of Offaly's Gaelic football and hurling teams.