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

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 ...

Birr Castle Demesne in County Offaly, once home to the world’s largest telescope, is now on Ireland’s tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage status. Credit : mikemike10, Shutterstock Ireland might ...

It looks like you're using an old browser. To access all of the content on Yr, we recommend that you update your browser. It looks like JavaScript is disabled in your browser. To access all the ...

Birr Castle Demesne, which began as a private observatory of the 3rd Earl of Rosse on the grounds of his castle in Co Offaly, was the home of the Great Leviathan of Parsonstown, a six-foot ...

Birr Castle Demesne chairman and director of the Dunsink Observatory Prof Peter Gallagher said Ireland’s contribution to astronomy in the 19th century “cannot be overstated”. The Birr ...

The sites comprise Dunsink Observatory House in Dublin, Birr Castle and Demesne in Co Offaly and Armagh Planetarium and Observatory. A Tentative List is an inventory of heritage sites with ...

THE Easter bunny is on the way and so too are the school holidays – but where can you take the kids without spending a ...

Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to ...