Courtyard Cafe at Birr Castle in Birr

Super cool place to visit with kids

We attended the Easter event for kids. It was a brilliant event, kids really enjoyed it. It was calm and fun, not overstimulating. Kids got to enjoy the park after receiving a Easter egg and getting their face painted. Overall, it was all lovely experience and we will definitely return for any future events for families.

Excellent Tour and great experience.

Nice place for outing with family and kids.

A very interesting place. The gardens are beautiful, but the science section is especially interesting.

A place we hadn't visited in years but this morning we went there for the Easter train and Easter Bunny visit with our son and two grandsons. It was better than we ever remembered, we enjoyed every second of the experience and more importantly so did our grandsons. Well done to the staff of Birr Castle Demesne for a great event, well organised and well run.

Fantastic! The grounds, the science, and I adore that the family is still in residence.

Lovely walks by the river but quite expensive at €12. We had to ask if there were Senior rates as nothing was showing and were told yes at €10.50. Telescope is a let down as it's cordoned off. It's a pity access of some sort could not be arranged. Access to the house is not allowed either as it's being lived in. So €10.50 for a walk by the river!!!

Fantastic castle and grounds, great for exploring

Outstanding historical site and home of Earls of Ross. Recommend half a day for this visit. The self guided museum tour is what we did and it was excellent. We went outside, walked around the gardens and saw the telescope. You need a few hours to spend in the gardens and you could do lunch there or bring a picnic. excellent educational value. The third Earl of Ross designed built and used the telescope and the fourth Earl of Ross invented the steam turbine which was transformative in th Industrial Revolution and to agriculture.