Castle
Birr Castle
🇮🇪 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 #1,250 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #18 of the 172 mapped in Ireland. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,519 times in the last 60 days, more than 78% 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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Where is Birr Castle?
Birr Castle stands in Ireland, at 53.09532°, -7.91554°.
How famous is Birr Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #1,250 of 7,738 worldwide, and #18 in Ireland. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Birr Castle?
Leap Castle, about 10 km away.
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