Birr Castle
County Offaly, Ireland
Birr Castle is a castle in County Offaly, Ireland. The nearest other castle is Leap Castle, 6.4 mi away.
Birr Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Nearest castle
Leap Castle
6.4 mi away
Castles in County Offaly
2
Ireland
Location
County Offaly
Ireland
About Birr Castle
Birr Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhiorra) 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 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.
From the Wikipedia article on Birr Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Birr Castle sits at 53.0953, -7.9155 in County Offaly. The closest other castles are Leap Castle (6.4 mi), Lackeen Castle (6.6 mi) and Redwood Castle (9.2 mi). County Offaly has 2 castles in all.
