Rosse's 6-foot telescope at Birr

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Rosse's 6-foot telescope at Birr

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This telescope, the largest in the world for over 70 years, was constructed in the 1840's by the Third Earl of Rosse. With it he discovered the spiral nature of certain nebulae, f.i. M51

Rosse's 6-foot telescope at Birr

Birr Castle

Birr Castle Parc

Yoga in Birk Castle Garden

Connemara: Atlantic coast

Roundstone: view on Twelve Bens

Roundstone Bog

Roundstone

Beach near Clifden

House near Clifden

View from Diamond Hill on a rainy and stormy day

Diamond Hill: One of the Twelve Bens (Connemara Na…

Dogs Bay (Connemara)

Photographers at work

Kilmacduagh

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Round Tower and monastery, 11 - 12 th century

Kilmacduagh

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white spots are due to raindrops on the lens, they are not ghosts

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