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| Book Title | Flights of fancy : follies, families and demesnes in Offaly |
| Chapter Title | Birr chapter |
| Book Author | McKenna, Rachel |
| Publisher | Offaly County Council |
| ISBN | 9780957453395 |
| Date | 2017 |
| Page(s) | pp88-119 |
| Content | models, photos, sketches, text |
| Note(s) | This chapter includes entries on the Birr suspension bridge, gates and telescope. The telescope built by the 3rd Earl of Rosse remained the largest in the world until 1917. |
| Subject(s) | castles ; country houses ; additions ; Gothic Revival ; garden structures ; listed buildings ; architectural heritage ; historic buildings ; family histories ; telescopes ; demesnes |
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