Birr
Birr is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. Between 1620 and 1899 it was called Parsonstown, after the Parsons family who were local landowners and hereditary Earls of Rosse. The town lies within a parish of the same name in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.
People born in Birr (First 32 people) - Page 0
Carol Nolan
Irish Politician
Olwyn Enright
Teachta Dála
Barry Glendenning
Irish journalist
George Johnstone Stoney
Physicist
Bernadette O'Farrell
Irish actress
Shane Delahunt
Rugby union player
Johnny Pilkington
Fay Taylour
Motorcycle racer
Winston Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria
Former Governor of Victoria
Rory Hanniffy
Artist's medals
Frederic Charles Dreyer
Navy officer
Peter Dooley
Des Keogh
Irish actor
Daithí Regan
John Caffrey
Armed force officer
Brian Hennessy
Film producer
Olivia Mitchell
Former Teachta Dála of Ireland
Caitlín Brugha
Former Teachta Dála of Ireland
Mundy
Irish singer-songwriter
Peter Campion
Irish actor
Joe Errity
Michael F. Farley
Former United States Representative
Thomas Waters
Civil engineer
Fanny Susan Copeland
Translator
Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse
Amateur astronomer
John Kerans
Former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Alice Cashel
Percy Crutchley
Cricketer
Cyril Dugmore
British olympic athlete
Lewis Melican
Australian rules footballer
Mary Glowrey
Australian doctor
