While simular to Europain gardens, Irish gardens usually have a slight twist, which makes them unique and especially attractive. The garden at the Dublin Castle is a stronge example of this trait. As you can see, the flat lawn inside a low, circular, walled area is repeatedly bisected by narrow black swirls., much like a …
The Science Center contains a number of exhibits on astronomy, botany and early engineering. If you are fascinated by the Birr Castle telescope than you likely will find the Science Center of interest too. Besides being a tribute to the scientific achievements of the Parsons family the Science center provides a window in to the …
Two tower walls were build so the 3 ton mirror and its tube could be moved to view different parts of the sky. Due to the positioning of the towers, and the earths rotation, viewing of stellar objects were limited to a short time frame of 50 minutes to 2 hours. For much of its …
We did not get an oppertunity to view the museum from the inside. According to the brocure, a large assortment of farm and household equipment/tools can be found in the museum; including household furniture.
The largest garden in Ireland; the grounds at Birr Castle contain both formal and informal gardens, wildflower meadows, an exotic tree collection, a fernery, a lake and the worlds tallest box hedges. The formal gardens hedges, seen at the top of the photo, have been formed to suggest the windows of a monastery. The formal …