Ireland is set to be home to one of the most ambitious ecological projects on Earth, with plans to open a giant redwood forest in Birr, Co Offaly ... of Birr Castle in Offaly, a project called ...

When I turned 17, I thought, I want to do something. The head gardener at Birr Castle lived down the road and I said to him: “Is there anything going in the garden? I love gardening.” ...

A castle estate in Co Offaly is hoping to plant 2,000 redwoods to help preserve the giants which are threatened by climate change. A castle estate in Co Offaly is hoping to plant 2,000 redwoods to ...

Climbing the steep ladder into the giant treehouse at Birr Castle Demesne in Co Offaly I get a tingling in my stomach. It's not the height of the treehouse – which is at 14m – but rather an ...

Nestled in the center of Ireland amid the bogs, far from scenic seacoasts and mountains, County Offaly is rarely featured ... Located in the restored stables of Birr Castle, this museum spotlights ...

A new €2 million radio telescope has been officially turned on at Birr Castle in Co Offaly. The Irish Low Frequency Array, or I-LOFAR, is part of a €150 million network of radio telescope ...

A post mortem examination is due to be carried out on the body of a man found in the grounds of Birr Castle in Co Offaly today. Sun, 31 Aug, 2008 - 19:23 A post mortem examination is due to be ...

186,000 makeover. The telescope in the grounds of the Birr Castle Demesne in Co Offaly gave the greatest magnification of the heavens possible in 1845. It remained as the largest in the world ...

Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse, at Birr Castle, Co Offaly. The owners of Birr Castle in Co Offaly, Brendan and Alison Parsons, are selling their private box at London’s iconic Albert Hall ...

“Birr Castle is home to I-LOFAR, the new radio telescope ... which would see run to more than 300km of greenway right throughout Co. Offaly, set in an amazing landscape and passing through many lovely ...