Today on the first day of our 6 day trip to southern Ireland we visited Birr Castle. Birr castle is a big castle and the home to the 7th Earl of Rosse. We weren't able to go into the castle because people are living in it but the grounds however are open to the public.
The castle even had a moat around it at some point.
There are many paths in the grounds that are really peaceful and would be just another perk to living in this massive castle.
It has a river running through the grounds and has some gardens in it but the biggest attraction is the "Great Telescope". It was made in 1845 with a 72 inch reflector in it. It was the biggest telescope until 1917 when the Hooker telescope was made. However it was dismantled in 1914 but was then restored in the 1990's. This telescope was huge and it would have been really cool to actually be able to look through it.
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