Lord Rosse News Today

Lord and Lady Rosse, the management and team at Birr Castle Demesne were delighted to present an Honorary Lifetime Friends Membership to Birr local Maureen de Forge recently.

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the most detailed image so far of the Crab Nebula, a gorgeous supernova remnant of a star that exploded 1,000 years ago.

These lesser known astronomy targets may be what youre looking for, if you find yourself observing the same galaxies, nebulae and clusters.

It would be such a mistake to remember Mary Ward only as the first road death; she was an artist, a naturalist, an astronomer and Ireland’s first lady of the microscope

Enjoy stargazing? With binoculars you can see so much more in the night sky. Discover 6 things to see in the night sky tonight with binoculars.

The Crab Nebula, also known as M1 is one of the brightest supernova remnants in the sky. We explore the stellar corpse in more detail here.

‘Excessively rare’ 9ct gold medal was issued to commemorate the first Senior Football Championship in 1887

Since the Third Earl of Rosse began work on his world-changing Leviathan telescope in the early 1840s Birr has been at the centre of the world of celestial exp...

Since the Third Earl of Rosse began work on his world-changing Leviathan telescope in the early 1840s Birr has been at the centre of the world of celestial exp...

Roscreas boutique bookshop located in the Vincents Shop on Church Street and named after Roscreas most famous scribe, the Monk Dimma, is proving a great succ...