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Designed in Ireland, assembled in Australia, pointed at the stars
In the 1860s the Dublin engineer Thomas Grubb built the world’s most advanced telescope
Open the door to an aristocratic past in this €2.45m Monkstown terrace
Vast and handsome house built in 1840 was home to Lady Eliza Deane among others
Why does Ireland not have a National Museum of Science?
A museum would put this country’s contribution to global developments in context
Pioneering scientist and first road traffic fatality Mary Ward remembered
Offaly woman published several scientific books before fatal car crash 150 years ago
Lunar lot to star in Mealy’s sale
Pioneering picture of the moon inspired by by 1857 visit to Earl of Rosse’s telescope
A new age of radio astronomy at Birr Castle
New telescope allows Irish astronomers to explore a range of astronomical phenomena from solar physics to planets outside our solar system
After a century, world-class astronomy returns to Birr Castle
New radio telescope will be able to detect the faintest signals from the universe
What have the Irish ever done for us? (More than you might think)
The Irish are known for many things, but perhaps not for splitting the atom and curing leprosy. We set the record straight
What’s your county’s claim to fame?
A cure for leprosy? The Connemarathon? The home of Botox, or Viagra? Birthplace of the MGM lion? Whatever its claim to fame, know your county’s bragging rights
RTÉ to make follow-up to 1916 Rising drama Rebellion
Sound and Vision Fund backs Rebellion: Two States, to be set during War of Independence
Weir science: a stellar artistic voyage that poses big questions
The wonders and mysteries of the empirical world become jumping-off points for an aesthetic voyage in Grace Weir’s retrospective show 3 Different Nights Recurring
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse: Astronomy and the Castle in Nineteenth Century Ireland
Review: A comprehensive account of the life and times of William Parsons, the man behind Ireland’s greatest scientific discovery
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