Ireland
Birr Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhiorra) 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.
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Birr Castle ranks #1,265 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #18 of the 178 mapped in Ireland. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,519 times in the last 60 days, more than 81% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Limerick, 67 km away. See how Ireland compares in the castle statistics.
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