To mark World Heritage Day, the government announced that Birr Castle Demesne in County Offaly and Dunsink Observatory just outside Dublin have both been added to the tentative list for UNESCO status.

Birr Castle Demesne and Dunsink Observatory were both added to the list this morning to mark World Heritage Day.

Birr Castle is part of a cross-border partnership of historic astronomical observatories added to the World Heritage Tentative List for Ireland.

THE Historic Astronomical Observatories of Ireland, which includes Birr Castle and Demense, have been added to the World ...

Birr Observatory in Co Offaly, Dunsink Observatory in Dublin and the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium are part of a ...

In an important first step toward designation, Dunsink Observatory and Birr Castle Demesne have been added to Ireland’s Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage Properties. The announcement that ...

The Great Telescope at Birr Castle Demesne in Co Offaly The announcement has been welcomed by the Astronomical Observatories of Ireland, which said that achieving the UNESCO World Heritage Status ...