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Birr Hurlers
Birr may refer to: Places * Birr, County Offaly, a town in Ireland ** Birr Castle, a castle in Birr, Ireland * Birr (UK Parliament constituency), a UK parliamentary constituency in what is now County Offaly, 1885–1918 * Birr, Ontario, a community in Middlesex Centre, Ontario, Canada * Birr, Switzerland, a municipality in Aargau, Switzerland People * Jim Birr (1916–2006), American professional basketball player * Kevin Birr (born 1969), American curler * Todd Birr (born 1968), American curler Other * Ethiopian birr, the currency of Ethiopia * Birr RFC, a rugby club in the Irish town * Synod of Birr The Synod of Birr, held at Birr in modern County Offaly, Ireland in 697 was a meeting of churchmen and secular notables. Best remembered as the occasion on which the Cáin Adomnáin—the Law of Innocents—was guaranteed, the survival o ..., in the Irish town, in 697 * Birr Aerodrome, near the Irish town See also * Bier (other) * Burr (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birr, County Offaly
Birr (; , meaning "plain of water") is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. Between 1620 and 1899 it was called Parsonstown, after the Parsons family who were local landowners and hereditary Earl of Rosse, Earls of Rosse. The town is in a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. Birr is a designated Irish ''Heritage Town'' with a carefully preserved Georgian architecture, Georgian heritage. Birr itself has graceful wide streets and elegant buildings. Many of the houses in John's Place and Oxmantown Mall have exquisite fanlight windows of the Georgian period. The town is known for Birr Castle and Gardens: the home of the Parsons family and the site of the Leviathan of Parsonstown, which was the largest telescope in the world for over 70 years. Access and transport The town is situated near the meeting of the River Camcor, Camcor and Little Brosna River, Little Brosna rivers, the latter flowing on into the River Shannon near Victoria Lock (River Shannon), Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birr Castle
Birr Castle ( Irish: ) is a large castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland. It is the home of the 7th Earl of Rosse and his family, and as the castle is generally not open to the public, though the grounds and gardens of the demesne are publicly accessible, and include a science museum and a café, a reflecting telescope which was the largest in the world for decades and a modern radio telescope. History There has been a castle on the site since 1170, and from the 14th to the 17th centuries the O'Carroll family ruled from here over an area known as " Ely O'Carroll". After the death of Sir Charles O'Carroll, Sir Lawrence Parsons (died 1628) was granted Birr Castle and of land in 1620. Parsons engaged English masons in the construction of a new castle. This construction took place, not on the site of the O'Carrolls' Black Tower (since disappeared), but at its gatehouse. "Flankers" were added to the gatehouse diagonally at either side, giving the castle the plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birr (UK Parliament Constituency)
Birr, a division of King's County, was a constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament to the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1885 to 1918. Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the King's County constituency. Boundaries This constituency comprised the south-western part of King's County now known as County Offaly. It consisted of the baronies of Ballycowan, Ballyboy and Eglish, Ballybritt, Clonlisk and Garrycastle Garrycastle () is a barony in County Offaly (formerly King's County), Ireland. Etymology The name Garrycastle is from the townland Garrycastle (''Garraí an Chaisleáin'', "court of the castle"; located south of Banagher), the site of Castle Ga ....''Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Branch'' (Dean and Son, 1896) page 217. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1880s Elections in the 1890s Elections in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birr, Switzerland
Birr is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau and the capital of Brugg (district). The village lies halfway between Lenzburg and Brugg, Switzerland, Brugg. Birr has grown with its neighbour Lupfig into a conurbation. Birr is known as one of the places where the Swiss educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi established new standards in education. His gravesite in Birr is listed as a Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance, heritage site of national significance. History While a few artifacts from the Switzerland in the Roman era, Roman and Alamanni eras have been found in Birr, there was no known settlement. Birr is first mentioned in 1270 as ''Bire''. Throughout the High Middle Ages the village belonged to the House of Habsburg, Habsburgs. The rights to rule the village went to Königsfelden Abbey at Windisch, Switzerland, Windisch in 1397 and 1411. After the seculariza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Birr
James Otto Birr (August 22, 1916 – June 8, 2006) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Indianapolis Kautskys Indianapolis ( ), colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County. Indianapolis is situated in the state's central till plain region along the west fork of ... in the National Basketball League (United States), National Basketball League and averaged 7.0 points per game. In college, he played on the Indiana Hoosiers football, football and Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball, basketball teams for Indiana University. In football he received College Football All-America Team, All-America votes. Birr was a multi-faceted individual as well. He served in World War II aboard the USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), USS ''Belleau Wood'' and received both a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. He was an original investor in the formation of the Titans of New York, New York Tita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
