Earl of Rosse
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Earl of Rosse is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, both times for the Parsons family. "Rosse" refers to New Ross in County Wexford.
Birr Castle, County Offaly, seat of the Earls of Rosse
The 3rd Earl of Rosse
Birr Castle
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Birr Castle is a castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland. It is the home of Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse and his family, and as such the castle is generally not open to the public,
Earl of Rosse
…later known as Parsonstown, and was the ancestor of the younger (Birr) branch of the family. His grandson Laurence Parsons was created a Baronet, of Birr Castle in King's County, in the Baronetage of Ireland in 1677, but was attainted by King James II's Parliament in 1689 and sentenced to death. The sentence…
The castle
Patrick Moore signing his book The Astronomy of Birr Castle at NIHE – 1985
Leviathan of Parsonstown