Birr may refer to:
Places
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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 p ...
, a town in Ireland
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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 deme ...
, a castle in Birr, Ireland
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Birr (UK Parliament constituency), a UK parliamentary constituency in what is now County Offaly, 1885–1918
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Birr, Ontario, a community in Middlesex Centre, Ontario, Canada
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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 ...
, a municipality in Aargau, Switzerland
People
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Jim Birr (1916–2006), American professional basketball player
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Kevin Birr (born 1969), American curler
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Todd Birr (born 1968), American curler
Other
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Ethiopian birr, the currency of Ethiopia
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Birr RFC
Birr RFC is an Irish rugby team based in Birr, County Offaly, playing in Division 2B of the Leinster League
The Leinster League is the second tier of Rugby union, rugby in Leinster Rugby, Leinster, behind the Leinster Senior League (rugby), ...
, a rugby club in the Irish town
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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
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Birr Aerodrome, near the Irish town
See also
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Bier (disambiguation)
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Burr (disambiguation)
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