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Birr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (549 words)
Birr (Biorra in Irish) is a town in the Midlands county of Offaly in the Republic of Ireland.
The early monastery founded in Birr by St Brendan of Birr produced the Gospels of McRegol, named after the abbot at the turn of the 8th/9th century and now to be seen in the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
Birr itself has graceful wide streets and elegant buildings, and the association with the Parsons family is shown in the layout and structure of this attractive town.
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