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1. • • The influence on the Parsons family on the development of the town dates from 1620 when Sir Lawrence Parsons was first granted land in the area. Since then the Parsons family has been the singlemost dominant influence in the development of the demesne town of Parsonstown.
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   How did the Parsons family influence the development of Parsonstown?

   • Birr Castle the ancestral seat of the Parsons family since 1668. The influence on the Parsons family on the development of the town dates from 1620 when Sir Lawrence Parsons was first granted land in the area. Since then the Parsons family has been the singlemost dominant influence in the development of the demesne town of Parsonstown.

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   How did the Parsons family influence the layout of Oxmanstown & Cumberland?

   • They influenced the layout of the town through the provision of housing for estate workers and the development of magnificent Georgrian Squares at Oxmanstown and Cumberland (now Emmet Square) The town bore the name of the Parsons family until 192 When it was changed to Birr Birr Castle the ancestral seat of the Parsons family since 1668.

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   What did the Parsons do for a living?

   • Down through the ages the Parsons brought their interests in politics, engineering, agriculture and architecture to bear on their role as landlords and the managers of the estate and town of Birr. Birr Castle the ancestral seat of the Parsons family since 1668.

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   Who was William Parsons?

   • Portrait of William Parsons, Third Earl of Ross. Famous Astronomer and owner of the Parsons Estate, Birr County Offaly The influence of the Parsons family on the development of the town dates from c1620 when Sir Lawrence Parsons was first granted land which encompassed the ancient town of Birr.

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   Where did Charles Parsons grow up?

   • Charles Parsons grew up in a scientifically minded family at Birr Castle, in Ireland, where his father built a world-renowned reflecting telescope in the 1840s (above). A newer research radio telescope at the castle, the Irish Low Frequency Array, now performs sky surveys of previously undocumented galaxies. Photo: SSPL/Getty Images

   This British Family Changed the Course of Engineering

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   Who was Mary Parsons?

   • Mary Parsons, countess of Rosse, played a vital role in creating the Leviathan and became an influential pioneer of photography, building her own darkroom at Birr. Most unusually for a woman of her class, she was also a skilled blacksmith.

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   The original works of C. A. Parsons & Co. at Heaton, east of Newcastle, are now owned by Siemens. The story of the invention of the turbine by Charles Parsons is told in the BBC TV programme Genius of Invention.

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   Its inventor, Charles Parsons, was described as the man who invented the modern world. His influence is ranked with that of Watt and Faraday. Read more... Fairytale castle. Birr Castle, County Offaly, is the ancestral home of the Parsons family and the site of Ireland’s Historic Science Centre.

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   May 31, 2019 · Charles Parsons’s engine is often considered the first modern turbine. Instead of using steam to move pistons, it used steam to turn propeller-like blades, converting the thermal energy into ...

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   Mary Parsons, countess of Rosse, played a vital role in creating the Leviathan and became an influential pioneer of photography, building her own darkroom at Birr. Most unusually for a woman of her class, she was also a skilled blacksmith.

7. co-curate.ncl.ac.uk › charles-algernon-parsonsCharles Algernon Parsons (1854–1931) | Co-Curate

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   Parsons was born in London into an Anglo-Irish family, youngest son of the famous astronomer William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse. The family seat is Birr Castle, County Offaly, Ireland, and the town of Birr was called Parsonstown, after the family, from 1620 to 1899.

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   After Birr Castle became Crown property in 1620, the Parsons family held sev-eral key offices in the administration of Ireland. William Parsons became Commissioner of Plantations and Surveyor-General of Ireland. His brother, Sir Laurence Parsons, became Attorney-General for the province of Munster, and in