Up to 50,000 people from around Ireland are expected to attend this year's national country fair, in Birr, Co Offaly.

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 ...

Opening the event, Virginia Teehan, Chief Executive of the Heritage Council, highlighted the importance of collaboration in ...

In an important first step toward designation, Dunsink Observatory and Birr Castle Demesne have been added to Ireland’s Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage Properties. The announcement that ...

In 1979, upon the death of his father, the 6th Earl of Rosse, Brendan Rosse returned with his family to live at Birr Castle ... income from the estate and demesne. He set about explaining the ...

TWO HISTORIC LOCATIONS have been added to Ireland’s tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Properties today. It’s a first step for Birr Castle in Offaly and Dunsink Observatory in west Dublin ...

and it’s also where you will find an impressive collection of trees at Birr Castle Demesne. For Ann Fitzsimmons it will always be a special place as she spent many happy months working there ...

Cottage garden colour, a fond farewell to rose breeding and dreamy Dahlias with Marryn Mathis Soggy summers, preparing Mount Stewart for climate change and National Allotment Week Gardening on the ...