Birr Castle Archives

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BCA

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Birr Castle Archives

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        Archivist Primary contact

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        Address

        Street address

        Birr Castle

        Locality

        Birr

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        County Offaly

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        Ireland

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        URL

        www.birrcastle.com

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        History

        Birr Castle Archives houses 400 years of records of the Parsons family, the Earls of Rosse, who have lived in Birr since the early 17th century. The Rosse papers are one of the most important collections of manuscripts in private ownership in Ireland. Extending from the early seventeenth century, when members of the family first established roots in the country, to the present, the core of the family archive is provided by the papers of successive members of the Parsons family.

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        Finding aids, guides and publications

        Malcomson, A. P. W. "Calendar of the Rosse Papers", Irish Manuscripts Commission (2008).

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        Opening times

        Strictly by appointment. Please email [email protected] for more information.

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