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Meet Sir Brendan Parsons, the 7th Earl of Rosse and reach back into Irish and Astronomical history at Birr Castle in County Offally, the birth place of the 3rd Earl of Rosse who in the 1840's invented a telescope with a 6 foot in diameter mirror which could see further and more clearly into space than any previous. 

Mary McAleese, President of Ireland.

Click here for full shownotes, photos and audio links to a Travelers411 Online Exclusive with the President of Ireland recorded at the Saint Patrick Centre in Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland on St. Patrick's Day. The focus of this talk was on the life and contribution of Patrick and his relevance in modern Irish times domestically and around the world.