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Birr Heritage Centre

Birr Heritage Centre is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Arderin stands 527 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is William Third Earl of Rosse, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

John's Hall (Irish: Halla Eoin), also known as Birr Town Hall (Irish: Halla an Bhaile Biorra) is a municipal building in John's Mall, Birr, County Offaly, Ireland. The building is currently used by the Irish Heritage School as their lecturing and exhibition venue.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q122171868, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.09600, -7.90816

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
  • St. Francis' Well: 4.3 mi
  • All Saints' Well: 4.7 mi
  • Eye Well: 4.7 mi
  • Eye Well: 4.7 mi
  • Lady's Well: 4.7 mi
Peaks
  • Drummin Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Cumber Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Eagle Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Golden Grove Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Cloghan Hill: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 46
  • William Third Earl of Rosse: 0.0 mi
  • Hope: 7.3 mi
  • A-maze-in Willow World: 11.0 mi
  • The Celtic Knot: 11.0 mi
  • Visitor's Pavilion: 11.0 mi
Parks: 32
  • Killaun Bog Boardwalk: 3.0 mi
  • Glenafelly Forest Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Noggus Bog: 10.0 mi
  • Ashbury Field: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 16
Museums: 13
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Clamp Hole Waterfall: 18.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Blessed Well: 21.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Birr Heritage Centre. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ArderinESE 110°527 m11.2 mi
Stillbrook HillE 98°514 m11.3 mi
BaunreaghcongE 93°508.195 m16.4 mi
Wolftrap MountainE 89°487 m13.3 mi
BarcamESE 107°484 m10.7 mi
Ridge of CapardE 91°482.088 m17.4 mi
Carroll's HillE 100°482 m10.3 mi
Devil's Bit MountainS 181°480 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3617:5918:44
June solstice05:0621:0522:03
September equinox07:1818:4719:33
December solstice08:4415:1016:17

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/183501960

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