Sherwood Harrington |
Birr Castle.
The castle is home to the Parsons family, and has been since the early 1600's --
Birr, in fact, has also been called "Parsonstown". It is one of the few
remaining "big houses" of the Irish Ascendancy, and is not generally open to
public visiting, since it is still a private residence.
The castle has 88 rooms, the same as the number of keys on a piano keyboard and
the number of constellations in the sky.