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    Birr (/ˈbɜːr/; Irish: Biorra, meaning "plain of water") is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. Between 1620 and 1899 it was called Parsonstown, after the...
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    Birr Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhiorra) is a large castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland. It is the home of the 7th Earl of Rosse and his...
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  • up birr in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Birr may refer to: Birr, County Offaly, a town in Ireland Birr Castle, a castle in Birr, Ireland Birr (UK...
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    gale-force winds is Birr, County Offaly; recording them on average 1.2 days per year. The highest wind speed ever recorded in Ireland was 103 kn (191 km/h;...
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    a bog at Dowris, Whigsborough near Birr. It is the largest collection of Bronze Age objects ever found in Ireland. After Christianisation, the monastic...
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    Brendan of Birr (died c. 572) was one of the early Irish monastic saints. He was a monk and later an abbot, of the 6th century. He is known as "Saint...
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    William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse on his estate, Birr Castle, at Parsonstown (now Birr) in Ireland. Parsons improved the techniques of casting, grinding...
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  • the Eastern Mediterranean Leviathan of Parsonstown, a telescope in Birr, Ireland Leviathan Patera, a depression on Neptune's moon Triton Livyatan melvillei...
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    Birr Barracks (Irish: Dún Bhiorra) also known as Crinkill Barracks (Irish: Dún Chríonchoill) was a military installation in Crinkill, near Birr, County...
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    astronomical assistant of Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse at Birr Castle in Birr, Ireland, and remained in that position until the death of the Earl in...
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