This article is about the castle in Birr, the town in Ireland. For alternative meanings see Birr disambiguation . Image BirrCastle, Offaly.jpg right thumb The castle. Image Greate Telescope, Birr, Offaly 2.jpg right thumb Leviathan of Parsonstown Image Great Telescope, Birr, Offaly 1.jpg right thumb Telescope and support structure BirrCastle is a large castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly ... areas of the castle are not open to the public, ref cite web author The Birr Scientific and Heritage Foundation deadurl http www.birrcastle.com birrCastle.asp publisher BirrCastle.com title BirrCastle archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20080921205309 http www.birrcastle.com birrCastle.asp archivedate ... O Carroll . ref cite web author The Birr Scientific and Heritage Foundation deadurl http www.birrcastle.com birrCastleGrounds.asp title BirrCastle Grounds publisher BirrCastle.com archiveurl http web.archive.org ... ref After the death of Sir Charles O Carroll, Sir Laurence Parsons died 1628 was granted BirrCastle and convert 1277 acre km2 1 of land in 1620. ref name lawrencetown cite web author The Birr Scientific and Heritage Foundation deadurl http www.lawrencetown.com birr.htm Laurancetown.com title BirrCastle, Co. Offaly. archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20080807163749 http www.lawrencetown.com ..., the castle passed to his younger son William. ref cite web author The Birr Scientific and Heritage Foundation url http www.birrcastle.com history familyHistory.asp title BirrCastle demesne, Voyage ... Books Ltd year 2003 volume 1 page 1327 External links http www.birrcastle.com BirrCastle .... Ireland s Historic Science Centre The castle grounds are also home to Ireland s Historic Science ... cite web author The Birr Scientific and Heritage Foundation deadurl http www.birrcastle.com historicScienceCentre.asp ... 18 September 2008 ref History see also Earl of Rosse There has been a castle on the site since 1170 ... ref Parsons engaged English masons in the construction of a new castle on the site. This construction ... more details
19th Century and was designed as a promenade leading from BirrCastle gates to the Church of Ireland ... to mark the centre of Ireland. BirrCastle Image BirrCastle, Offaly.jpg right thumb The castle. BirrCastle is the oldest inhabited home in the county. In the 16th century the O Carroll s of ile ..., resident in BirrCastle, wife of the 6th Earl. Birr Telescope The Leviathan of Parsonstown Image ... Moore wrote The Astronomy of BirrCastle 1971 , a history of the telescope and the significance of the work ... for Birr The gardens in BirrCastle feature the Tallest Box Hedges In The World. People Joseph Stirling ... walkway now stretches along the Camcor River from near BirrCastle down to close to Birr ... The Birr Scientific and Heritage Foundation link 2 http www.birrcastle.com BirrCastle Demesne ... ire birr castle.html Dan Heller s recent images of BirrCastle and gardens http www.elyocarroll.com ...about Birr, the town in Ireland alternative meanings Birr disambiguation Infobox settlement settlement type Town name Birr native name Pad top italic Biorra image shield Birr crest.png pushpin map Ireland ... ref Birr lang ga Biorra pronounced IPA b r is a town in County Offaly , Republic of Ireland ... Catholic Diocese of Killaloe . Birr is a designated Irish Heritage Town with a carefully preserved Georgian heritage. Birr itself has graceful wide streets and elegant buildings. Many of the houses ... Final 20RBMP Little 20Brosna 20WMU.pdf ref Birr railway station opened on 8 March 1858, but finally closed on 1 January 1963. ref cite web title Birr station work Railscot Irish Railways url ... has been in operation at Birr Aerodrome Birr Airfield for over 30 years. ref http www.ormandflyingclub.com ... 2007 Birr lies on the N52 road Ireland N52 and N62 road Ireland N62 national secondary road s. The routes are combined as they pass through Birr. The R439 road R439 , R440 road R440 and R489 road R489 ... owned bus service provides a number of direct bus services to Dublin from Birr. The First Ever Road ... more details
Birr may refer to Places Birr , a town in County Offaly , Ireland BirrCastle , a castle in Birr, Ireland Birr, Ontario , a community in Middlesex Centre, Ontario , Canada Birr, Switzerland , a municipality in Aargau , Switzerland Other Ethiopian birr , the currency of Ethiopia See also Burr disambiguation disambig geo de Birr es Birr eo Birr fr Birr homonymie id Birr it Birr nl Birr no Birr pl Birr ujednoznacznienie pt Birr desambigua o ... more details
Rugby team teamname Birr image fullname Birr Rugby Football Club union Irish Rugby Football Union IRFU br Leinster Rugby Leinster nickname founded 1887 ground Riverside, Birr capacity countryflag IRE countryflagvar rugby president Donal Shortt chairman coach Birr RFC is an Ireland Irish Rugby union rugby team based in Birr, County Offaly . They play in Leinster League Division Three Division Three of the Leinster League . The club colours are green, black and white. References http www.leinsterrugby.ie downloads 2008 Leinster Cl Contacts.pdf Leinster League Division Three Category Irish rugby union teams Category Rugby clubs established in 1887 Category Sport in County Offaly Category Birr, County Offaly Ireland rugbyunion team stub ... more details
other uses2 Birr refimprove date November 2011 I tried to find the image of the Obverse of the birr, but wasn ... 1Birr Reverse.jpg image title 1 Reverse of a 1 Ethiopian birr note. iso code ETB using countries ... 1 1 100 subunit name 1 centime santim symbol Br used coins 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 santim 1 Birr used banknotes 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 birr issuing authority National Bank of Ethiopia issuing authority website www.nbe.gov.et The birr lang am is the unit of currency in Ethiopia . Before 1976, dollar was the official English translation of birr . Today, it is officially birr in English as well. In 1931, the Emperor ... could be considered the Abyssinian birr and the post 1931 currency the Ethiopian birr , although it was the same country and the same currency before and after. The Ethiopian Birr is the second most used currency in Africa with 88 million users, after the Nigerian naira . 186 billion birr were in circulation ... birr, 1855 1936 In the 18th and 19th centuries, Maria Theresa thaler s and blocks of salt called amole tchew served as currency in Ethiopia. The thaler was known locally as the Birr literally ... dollar were also used in foreign trade. The talari thaler, dollar, birr became the standard unit ... Ethiopian coinage appeared about 1903. The new silver birr maintained the same weight and fineness as the old, but there was now a quarter birr and a silver ghersh , the latter 1 16 the weight of the birr . The money of account now became 1 birr 16 ghersh 32 bessa . The Bank of Abyssinia was established ... put banknotes into circulation in 1915. These notes were denominated birr in Amharic and thaler ... coins were introduced, the birr becoming equal to 100 metonnyas often written matonas . The text ... July 1936 and Ethiopian banknotes were withdrawn from circulation at 3 lire per talar birr . In an effort ... birr, 1945 The birr was reintroduced in 1945 at a rate of 1 birr 2 shillings. The name Ethiopian ... derived from the French centime . The name birr became the official name, used in all languages ... more details
Infobox saint name Brendan of Birr birth date death date c. 573 feast day 29 November venerated in Roman Catholic Church br Anglican Communion ? br Orthodox Church image Birr St. Brendan s Church St. Brendan Window 2010 09 10.jpg imagesize caption Stained glass window depicting St. Brendan in St. Brendan s Church, Birr birth place death place Birr , Ireland titles Prophet of Ireland br Abbot beatified date beatified place beatified by canonized date canonized place canonized by attributes patronage major shrine suppressed date issues Saint Brendan of Birr died c. 573 in Ireland 573 was one of the early Celtic Christianity Irish monastic saint s. He was a monk and later an abbot, of the 6th century. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland . ref http www.newadvent.org cathen 01632a.htm The Twelve Apostles of Erin ref Early life In early Christian Ireland the druid tradition collapsed with the spread of the new faith. Study of Latin learning and Christian theology in monasteries flourished. Brendan became a pupil at the monastic school at Clonard Abbey Clonard . During the sixth century, some of the most significant names in the history of Irish Christianity studied at the Clonard ... of Ireland , Brendan of Birr was one of these. It was at Clonard that Brendan became a friend and companion ... of Birr work Patron Saints Index url http catholicforum.com saints saintb57.htm accessdate 2007 12 30 ref He founded the monastery at Birr in central Ireland in about 540, serving as its abbot. ref ... away by angels after his death. ref name cathon cite web title St. Brendan of Birr work Saints ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brendan Of Birr ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 573 PLACE OF DEATH Birr , Ireland DEFAULTSORT Brendan Of Birr Category ... Offaly Category 6th century Irish people Category Birr, County Offaly Ireland saint stub de Brendan von Birr fr Brendan de Birr it Brendano di Birr no Brendan av Birr ... more details
Infobox Airport name Birr Airfield nativename Birr View Air Strip nativename a nativename r image image width caption IATA ICAO EIBR type Private owner operator Ormond Flying Club name given in AIC city served location Birr elevation f 250 elevation m 76 coordinates coord 53 04 15 N 007 53 55 W type airport region IE OY display inline,title name Bantry Aerodrome website metric rwy yes r1 number 18 36 r1 length f 1870 r1 length m 570 r1 surface Grass footnotes Source Irish Aeronautical Information Service AIS ref name AIP http www.iaa.ie safe reg iaip Published 20Files Circ 20Files 2008 EI AIC 2008 09.en.pdf Aerodrome Information VFR Aerodromes and Heliports ref Birr Airfield is an airport located convert 1 NM abbr on lk in south ref name AIP of the town of Birr in County Offaly in the Republic of Ireland . It was originally called Birr View Air Strip. The area has always been closely linked with aviation for many years, going back to the British Army Strip which was quite near the present field. The Ormand Flying Club has been in operation at Birr Airfield for over 30 years. The club is a Registered Training Facility for the new Pilot licensing in the United Kingdom PPL JAR PPL Licence . The airfield boasts one landing strip which is orientated north south. Recent construction of a hangar allows overnight storage of aircraft with avgas and Gasoline mogas facilities on site. Open to the public, however prior permission is required. References references External links http www.ormandflyingclub.ie Ormand Flying Club Airports of Ireland Category Airports in the Republic of Ireland Category Transport in County Offaly Category Birr, County Offaly Europe airport stub Ireland transport stub ms Lapangan Terbang Birr ... more details
Infobox curler name Todd Birr image birth date birth date and age 1968 4 20 birth place Mankato, Minnesota image size 200 Curling club Skip Todd Birr Third Greg Romaniuk Second Doug Pottinger Lead Tom O Connor curler Tom O Connor Alternate World Championship appearances 1 2007 medaltemplates MedalSport Men s Curling MedalCountry USA MedalCompetition World Curling Championships MedalBronze 2007 Ford World Men s Curling Championship 2007 Edmonton Todd Birr born April 20, 1968 in Mankato, Minnesota is an United States American curling curler . Birr relatively came out of nowhere when he skipped his team to a victory at the 2007 United States Curling Men s Championships beating out such teams as Olympic bronze medalist Pete Fenson and former national champion Jason Larway in the process. He had relative success in prior nationals finishing fourth in 2006 and as a semi finalist in 2004. His victory qualified his team of Bill Todhunter , Greg Johnson curler Greg Johnson and Kevin Birr to a berth at the 2007 Ford World Men s Curling Championship representing team USA. There, Birr s was the only team to defeat Glenn Howard s Canadian team in the round robin when Howard wrecked on his last rock, and Birr bumped out a Canadian stone to score three giving him a victory. USA finished second behind Canada going into the playoffs. However, in the playoffs Birr lost 7 2 to Canada in the 1 2 page ... Todd and the rest of team USA a bronze medal. In 2009, Birr skipped the U.S. team to 3 game sweep ... the second Americas American berth at the 2009 Ford World Men s Curling Championship . Birr ... curlingrocks index.php?option com content&task view&id 47&Itemid 39 Todd Birr USCA Curling profile Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Birr, Todd ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE ... Birr, Todd Category American curlers Category 1968 births Category Living people Category People from Mankato, Minnesota US curling bio stub pl Todd Birr ... more details
primary sources date March 2008 Infobox GAA club club gaa Birr irish Biorra crest founded province Leinster county Offaly nickname colours Green and Red grounds Birr coordinates coord 53 05 29.32 N 7 54 27.76 W display it region IE type landmark h1 4 h2 7 h3 22 pattern la pattern b redhorizontal pattern ra leftarm 28AE7B body 28AE7B rightarm 28AE7B shorts FFFFFF socks FF0000 Birr GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Birr in County Offaly , Republic of Ireland Ireland . The club is almost exclusively concerned with hurling and are one of the most successful club hurling teams in the country. History Empty section date June 2011 Honours All Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship s 4 1995, 1998, 2002, 2003 Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship s 7 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship s 22 1912, 1913, 1915, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1971, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Green and Red External links http www.birrgaaclub.com Category Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Offaly Category Hurling clubs in County Offaly Category Birr, County Offaly Leinster GAA club stub fr Birr GAA ... more details
other uses2 Birr Infobox Swiss town subject name Birr image photo Birr 9677.jpg municipality name Birr municipality type municipality imagepath coa Birr blason.png pixel coa map Karte Gemeinde Birr.png ... , Lupfig , M riken Wildegg twintowns Birr is a Municipalities of Switzerland municipality in the Switzerland ... district . The village lies halfway between Lenzburg and Brugg, Switzerland Brugg . Birr has grown with its neighbour Lupfig into a conurbation. Birr is known as one of the places where the Swiss educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi established new standards in education. His gravesite in Birr is listed ... significance . History File Birr Pestalozzi.jpg thumb left Old school house in Birr, with the Pestalozzi ... eras have been found in Birr, there was no known settlement. Birr is first mentioned in 1270 as Bire ... at Brugg . Since 1914, Neuhof serves as a reform school. After 1950 Birr changed from an agricultural ... Alstom 9675.jpg thumb left Alstom factory in BirrBirr has an area, as of 2007 lc on , of convert 5.05 ... a central square of Birr. The municipalities of Birr and Birrhard are considering a merger on 1 January 2014 into a new municipality which will be known as Birr. ref name Fusion http www.bfs.admin.ch ... flags ch ag066.html Flags of the World.com accessed 01 April 2010 ref Demographics Birr has a population ... lc on , in Birr is 488 children or 12.0 of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 524 ... . ref name SFSO The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Birr about 61.6 of the population ... population is given in the following table ref name HDS HDS 1685 Birr ref ref name structure Historical ... in Birr.jpg thumb Alstom factory in Birr as of 2007 In 2007 , Birr had an unemployment rate of 2.84 ... or about 75.7 of the residents worked outside Birr while 1,722 people commuted into the municipality ... to work, and 49.6 used a private car. ref name SFSO Birr s economy is dependent mainly on industry ... File Birr Kirche.jpg thumb upright Church of Birr From the as of 2000 alt 2000 census , 1,243 ... more details
The Synod of Birr , held at Birr in modern County Offaly , Ireland in 697 was a meeting of churchmen and secular notables. Best remembered as the occasion on which the C in Adomn in &mdash the Law of Innocents&mdash was guaranteed, the survival of a list of the guarantors of the law sheds some light on the synod. The meeting at Birr is thought to have been convoked by Adomn n , Abbot of Iona , and his kinsman, the High King of Ireland , Loingsech mac engusso . As well as being the site of a significant monastery , associated with Saint Brendan of Birr , Birr was close to the boundary between the U N ill dominated Leth Cuinn , the northern half of Ireland, and the southern half, Leth Moga , where the E ganachta kings of Munster ruled. In 827 it served as the site of a r gdal , a meeting of kings, between the U N ill High King Conchobar mac Donnchada and the powerful E ganachta king Fedlimid mac Crimthainn . It therefore represented a form of neutral ground where the rival kings and clerics of north and south Ireland could meet without loss of face. Birr lay in the territory of the ile . Among the churchmen present, or sending representatives, were Flann Febla , bishop of Armagh and spiritual heir of Saint Patrick , the abbot of Emly , chief religious site of the E ganachta, other bishops and abbots, learned men such as Muirchu moccu Machtheni , author of a hagiography life of Saint Patrick, and, from Britain the Picts Pictish bishop Curet n , and Adomn n and bishop Coeddi, both from Iona . References refbegin Charles Edwards, T. M., Early Christian Ireland. Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0 521 36395 0 Sharpe, Richard, Adomn n of Iona Life of St Columba. Harmondsworth Penguin, 1995. ISBN 0 14 044462 9 Smyth, Alfred P., Warlords and Holy Men Scotland AD 80&ndash 1000. London E. J. Arnold, 1984. ISBN 0 7486 0100 7 refend Further reading refbegin N Dhonnchadha ... Christian church councils Category History of County Offaly Category Birr, County Offaly Category Synods ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Birr Town Council is a Town Councils in the Republic of Ireland local council for the town of Birr in Co. Offaly . Previously it was known as Birr Urban District Council . Members Currently the following are members, along with five others ref cite web url http www.birr comm.ie 2007 01 11 birr town council know your councillors title Birr Town Council Know Your Councillors date 2007 01 11 accessdate 2008 01 07 work Birr Community Online ref Tony McLoughlin , Independent Seamus Fanneran , Labour John Carroll, Independent formerly Sinn F in , member since 1985 ref cite web url http www.offaly.ie offalyhome yourcouncil Councillors BirrTC CllrJCarroll.htm title Cllr John Carroll year 2007 accessdate 2008 01 07 author Offaly Local Authorities work Offaly.ie publisher Offaly County Council ref ref cite web url http www.electionsireland.org candidate.cfm?ID 6972 title John Carroll year 2008 accessdate 2008 01 07 work ElectionsIreland.org author Christopher Took coauthors Se n Donnelly ref John Carroll Irish politician redirects here expired PROD Eddie Enright , Fine Gael Elections In common with all local assemblies in the Republic of Ireland , every five years an election is held. Deaths and term resignations are replaced by co option , in agreement of the council. References reflist Ireland stub Category Politics of County Offaly Category Town councils in the Republic of Ireland Category Birr, County Offaly ... more details
Orphan date October 2010 The Al Birr Foundation is one of the organizations pinpointed by a team led by Mark Denbeaux that were used to justify the continued extrajudicial detention of captives held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camp s, in Cuba . Denbeaux is a Professor at Seton Hall University s School of law. He and his son, Joshua Denbeaux , serve as pro bono lawyers for two Guantanamo captives. They lead a team of Seton Hall law student who compiled a series of reports, based on the documents that the US Department of Defense has released. The second report, entitled Inter and Intra Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy documents that most of the organization that Guantanamo intelligence analysts used to justify the continued detention of Guantanamo captives were not listed on the Department of Homeland Security s list of terrorist organizations. ref name SetonHallDiscrepancies Mark P. Denbeaux et al., http law.shu.edu news second report guantanamo detainees 3 20 final.pdf Inter and Intra Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy , Seton Hall University School of Law ref The Al Birr Foundation is listed, by name, in an appendix entitled Defense Department list of terrorist organizations other than the Taliban or al Qaeda As Compiled From CRST Summaries . ref name SetonHallDiscrepancies The continued detention of a Guantanamo captive named Saed Khatem Al Malki was justified, in part, by an alleged association with the Al Birr Foundation. ref name SummaryOfEvidence468 http www.dod.mil pubs foi detainees csrt mar05.pdf Summary of Evidence memo .pdf prepared for Saed Khatem Al Malki s Combatant Status Review Tribunal September 27, 2004 page 269 ref One of the allegations Al Malki faced during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal was The detainee has given conflicting statements as to the nature of his involvement with the Al Birr Foundation ... humanitarian work. He clarified that he had not worked for the Al Birr Foundation himself, but he ... more details
File Riverstown, Birr geograph.org.uk 1814341.jpg thumb 320px The bridge at Riverstown on the Little Brosna Riverstown Irish place name Baile U Lachn in town of O Loughnin ref http www.logainm.ie 67258.aspx Riverstown . Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 2010 10 15. ref is a small village straddling the border between Counties County Tipperary Tipperary and County Offaly Offaly on the outskirts of Birr in Republic of Ireland Ireland . It is mostly within the townland of Ballyloughnane , on the Tipperary side of the river. Riverstown lies at the point where the N52 road N52 national secondary road crosses the Little Brosna River , a tributary of the River Shannon , by a 300 year old five arch bridge, the Little Brosna here forming the border between the two counties. Climate div style width 75 Weather box location Birr single line Yes metric first Yes Jan high F 46 Feb high F 47 Mar high F 51 Apr high F 55 May high F 61 Jun high F 66 Jul high F 67 Aug high F 67 Sep high F 63 Oct high F 57 Nov high F 50 Dec high F 47 Year high F 56 Jan low F 36 Feb low F 36 Mar low F 37 Apr low F 39 May low F 43 Jun low F 49 Jul low F 52 Aug low F 52 Sep low F 48 Oct low F 43 Nov low F 38 Dec low F 37 Year low F 43 Jan precipitation inch 3.4 Feb precipitation inch 2.6 Mar precipitation inch 2.1 Apr precipitation inch 2 May precipitation inch 2.5 Jun precipitation inch 2.3 Jul precipitation inch 3.4 Aug precipitation inch 3.5 Sep precipitation inch 3.2 Oct precipitation inch 3.4 Nov precipitation inch 3.2 Dec precipitation inch 3.4 Year precipitation inch 34.9 source 1 Weatherbase ref name Weatherbase cite web url http www.weatherbase.com weather weather.php3?s 56930&refer wikipedia title Weatherbase Historical Weather for Birr, Ireland publisher Weatherbase year 2011 Retrieved on November 24, 2011. ref date November 2011 div See also List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland ... display title Clear DEFAULTSORT Riverstown Near Birr Category Towns and villages in North Tipperary ... more details
UK former constituency infobox Name King s County Birr Type County Year 1885 Abolition 1918 members one Previous King s County UK Parliament constituency King s County Next King s County UK Parliament constituency King s County Birr , a division of King s County, was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885 1918. Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the King s County UK Parliament constituency King s County constituency. Boundaries This constituency comprised the south western part of County Offaly King s County now known as County Offaly . Members of Parliament class wikitable colspan 2 Election Member Party style background color Irish Parliamentary Party meta color United Kingdom general election, 1885 1885 rowspan 2 Bernard Charles Molloy Irish Parliamentary Party style background color Irish National Federation meta color United Kingdom general election, 1892 1892 Anti Parnellite Anti Parnellite Nationalist style background color Irish Parliamentary Party meta color United Kingdom general election, 1900 1900 Michael Reddy Irish politician Michael Reddy Irish Parliamentary Party colspan 2 align center United Kingdom general election, 1918 1918 colspan 2 Constituency merged into King s County UK Parliament constituency King s County Elections Expand list date August 2008 References Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801 1922 , edited by B.M. Walker Royal Irish Academy 1978 Rayment hc b 3 date March 2012 Offaly constituencies Category Historic constituencies in County Offaly Category Westminster constituencies in the Republic of Ireland historic Category United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885 Category United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918 Category Birr, County Offaly Ireland UK hist constituency stub ... more details
The Castle may refer to Places The Castle at Budawang National Park , Australia The Castle volcano , a volcano in British Columbia, Canada The Castle Ramona, California , listed on the List of RHPs in CA NRHP in California , USA The Castle Atlanta , a landmark former residence in Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia The Castle Waltham, Massachusetts , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts, USA The Castle Marietta, Ohio , a NRHP home in Ohio, USA The Castle Saint Helena , the government buildings in Jamestown Other The Castle novel Das Schlo is a 1922 novel by Franz Kafka and its translations The Castle Kadare The Castle Kadare , 1970 novel K shtjella by Ismail Kadare The Castle film The Castle film , a 1997 Australian comedy film The Castle 1964 film The Castle 1964 film , a 1964 Danish film The Castle 1968 film The Castle 1968 film , a West German film adaptation of the Kafka novel directed by Rudolf Noelte The Castle game The Castle game , a videogame made by ASCII corporation The Castle radio series The Castle radio series , 2007 BBC radio comedy set in the Middle Ages See also Castle disambiguation Borgen disambig de The Castle no Slottet ... more details
, see List of castles . For similar but unrelated structures in Japan, see Japanese castle . PLEASE ... right 300px alt A castle high on a rocky peninsula above a plain. It is dominated by a tall rectangular ... the city. File Bodiam castle 10My8 1197.jpg thumb 300px alt A castle of square plan surrounded by a water filled moat. It has round corner towers and a forbidding appearance. Bodiam Castle in England surrounded by a water filled moat . A castle from Latin castellum is a type of fortification ... . Scholars debate the scope of the word castle , but usually consider it to be the private fortified ... in castle studies, the structures also served as centres of administration and symbols of power ..., a scientific approach to castle defence emerged. This led to the proliferation of towers, with an emphasis ... to maximise the castle s firepower. These changes in defence have been attributed to a mixture of castle technology from the Crusades , such as Concentric castle concentric fortification , and inspiration from earlier defences such as castra Roman forts . Not all the elements of castle architecture ... affect castle building until the 15th century, when artillery became powerful ... of the Tower of London , exemplifies all uses of a castle including city defence, a residence, and a place of refuge in times of crisis. The word castle is derived from the Latin word castellum ... from castellum . ref Harvnb Creighton Higham 2003 p 6 ref The word castle was introduced into English ... simplest terms, the definition of a castle accepted amongst academics is a private fortified residence ... 20th century, there was a trend to refine the definition of a castle by including the criterion ... 16 File Windsor Castle at Sunset Nov 2006.jpg thumb left 300px alt A castle, seen at the end of a long avenue, lit pink by the sunset. The castle gives an impression of tremendous size, and has an imposing, twin towered gatehouse and, to the left, a large round keep. Windsor Castle in England was founded ... more details
infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Castle to Castle title orig D un ch teau l autre translator Ralph Manheim 1968 image prefer 1st edition image caption author Louis Ferdinand C line illustrator cover artist Paul Bonet country France language French language French series genre Novel publisher ditions Gallimard Gallimard release date 12 June 1957 english pub date 1968 media type Print hardcover & paperback pages 315 isbn 978 2 070 21310 8 preceded by followed by Castle to Castle is the English title of the 1957 novel by Louis Ferdinand C line , titled in French D un ch teau l autre . The book features C line s experiences in exile with the Vichy France Vichy French government at Sigmaringen , Germany , towards the end of World War II . For the first U.S. edition, translator Ralph Manheim won the 1970 National Book Award in List of winners of the National Book Award Translation category Translation . ref name nba1970 http www.nationalbook.org nba1970.html National Book Awards 1970 . National Book Foundation . Retrieved 2012 03 11. br There was a Translation award from 1967 to 1983. ref Legacy Castle to Castle was mentioned in the biography of Jack Kerouac , Subterranean Kerouac by Ellis Amburn St. Martin s Press, 1998 . Kerouac was at dinner with Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows at their apartment when he described C line s work as a portrait of existence as rotten and mad p. 301 . References reflist Louis Ferdinand C line Category 1957 novels Category Autobiographical novels Category French language novels Category French novels Category Novels by Louis Ferdinand C line Category Novels set in Germany Category World War II novels 1950s novel stub fr D un ch teau l autre fa ... more details
Image Castle Leap, Birr, Ireland.jpg thumb right 280px Leap Castle Leap Castle is a castle in County Offaly , Republic of Ireland Ireland , about four miles north of the town of Roscrea on the R421 road R421 . It was built in the late 15th century by the O Bannon family and was originally called L im U Bhan in, or Leap of the O Bannons. The O Bannons were the secondary chieftains of the territory, and were subject to the ruling O Carroll clan. The Annals of the Four Masters record that the Earl of Kildare , Gerald FitzGerald, tried unsuccessfully to seize the castle in 1513 in Ireland 1513 . Three years later, he attacked the castle again and managed to partially demolish it. However, by 1557 ... Ireland Leap Leap.htm Leap Castle Bot generated title ref In 1659 in Ireland 1659 , the castle passed ... for these extensions, rents were raised and much of the land accompanying the castle was sold. This is one theorised motivation for the burning of the castle during the Irish Civil War in 1922 in Ireland 1922 . While renovating the castle, workers discovered an oubliette , a dungeon where people are locked ..., to protect anyone entering it. Citation needed date July 2010 Since 1991, the castle has been privately owned by Se n Ryan, who is undertaking restoration work. The castle was featured on the cover ... imprisoned and executed in the castle, and it is supposedly haunted by several spectres. The most ... relatively hidden in comparison with the other spirits at Leap Castle. On occasion visitors will see ... leapcastle.net http www.explore.ie ireland article.php?ID 34 Visit to Leap Castle http www.simonmarsden.co.uk ... books articles leap castle.htm The Burning of Leap Castle http www.haunted britain.com Haunted Ireland ... Culture and Customs Last listing http thestandingstone.blogspot.com 2009 08 leap castle co offaly.html Description, history and pictures of Leap Castle Historic Irish houses Coord 53.0281 N 7.8085 ... locations in Ireland de Leap Castle fr Ch teau de Leap ru ... more details
Castle Street may be Castle Street, Bridgwater , England Castle Street, Cambridge , England Castle Street, Canterbury , England Castle Street, Edinburgh , Scotland Castle Street, Liverpool , England Castle Street, Oxford , England Castle Street, Reading , England Castle Street, Worcester , Massachusetts, USA See also 62 Castle St , a hotel in Liverpool, England Castle Street Row , a historic building in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA The Madhouse on Castle Street , a British television play Castle Square disambiguation disambig ... more details
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