Birr Castle, Count Offaly, Ireland
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Birr Castle, Count Offaly, Ireland
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Birr Castle, Count Offaly, Ireland, home of the Earl of Rosse, c1880. William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, a keen astronomer, had what was then the largest telescope in the world built at Rosse Castle in 1845. It was known as the Leviathan of Parsonstown. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume III, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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