Birr Castle

Birr Castle is a massive fortress inside the city of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland. It is the home of The 7th Earl of Rosse, and as such the residential regions of the fort are not open to the general public, although the grounds and gardens of the demesne are publicly accessible. There has been a fort at the website online considering the fact that 1170, and from the 14th to the seventeenth century the O'Carroll family ruled from right here over a place called "Ely O'Carroll. After the death of Sir Charles O'Carroll, Sir Laurence Parsons died 1628 became granted Birr Castle and 1,277 acres 5.2 km2 of land in 1620 Parsons engaged English masons inside the production of a new castle at the web page.

This creation happened, no longer on the site of the O'Carroll's Black Tower due to the fact disappeared, however at its gatehouse. "Flankers" were introduced to the gatehouse diagonally at both facet, giving the fortress the plan it keeps today. After the death of Sir Laurence Parsons and of his elder son Richard, the fortress passed to his younger son William. During the Irish Rebellion of 1641 William turned into besieged at Birr for fifteen months with the aid of Catholic forces. After the civil struggle, William's son Laurence baronet from 1677 refurnished the citadel.