Birr Castle, Count Offaly, Ireland, home of the Earl of Rosse, c1880

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Birr Castle, Count Offaly, Ireland, home of the Earl of Rosse, c1880

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

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3rd Earl Of Rosse Af Lydon Alexander Francis Lydon Alexander Lydon Benjamin Benjamin Fawcett Earl Earl Of Fawcett Ireland Irish Leinster Lord Rosse Lydon Parkland Parsons Rosse William Parsons

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