August 22nd, 2010: Birr Castle Archives and Clonfinlough
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Portrait of the Third Earl of Rosse as a young man.  He was the designer an builder of the great "Leviathan of Parsonstown" telescope, and is identified as "William, the 'Telescope' Earl" in this frame, which hangs in a hallway in the Birr Castle basement.
© Sherwood Harrington, 2010