Birr Castle

Birr Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhiorra) is a large 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 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.

Birr Castle
Caisleán Bhiorra
Birr, County Offaly
Birr Castle
Coordinates53.09536°N 7.91476°W / 53.09536; -7.91476
TypeCastle
Site information
Owner7th Earl of Rosse
Open to
the public
no
Site history
Built1170 (1170)

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