Birr, County Offaly
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Birr is a heritage market town in County Offaly, Ireland. The town is situated near the meeting of the Camcor and Little Brosna rivers, the latter flowing on into the River Shannon near Victoria Lock.
Birr Birr Castle 20170405141826
Emmet Square Birr geograph.org.uk 1364760
Birr St Brendan's Church 20220802171120
Birr Castle Telescope geograph.org.uk 6503107
Mary Ward (scientist)
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Mary Ward was an Irish naturalist, astronomer, microscopist, author, and artist. She was killed when she fell under the wheels of an experimental steam car built by her cousins. As the event occurred
Birr, County Offaly
…derelict. It is not yet open to the public. On 31 August 1869, the first road fatality recorded in history occurred in Birr, when local-born scientist Mary Ward, a cousin of The 3rd Earl of Rosse, fell from a steam-powered car on a bend. The vehicle traversed her, causing fatal injuries. A descendant of the…
Mary Ward with her microscope c. 1860
One of Ward's entomological illustrations