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Primary School Tours

Primary School Tour Options:

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Self-Guided Tour

A self-guided tour of the demesne includes access to the following:

  • 120 acres of parklands
  • The Great Telescope
  • Seven science galleries with welcome video and Hologram
  • Lunar Heat Machine
  • Steam Turbine
  • I-LOFAR.

The Treehouse Adventure Playground has limited access. Please enquire at time of booking.

€7 per student

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Self-Guided Tour with Trail

Upgrade your self-guided tour to include one of our exciting trails.

Choose from:

  • The Quest (weather permitting)
  • Gallery Challenge
  • X-trail Solar trail
  • Flora Trail (suitable up to end of June).
  • Bird Spotters Guide

Includes trail and access to the 120 acres of parklands and the seven gallery science centre.

€8 per student

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X-Trails Solar Trail

Walk the Solar Trail and experience the size, distance, and scale of our Solar System along the 2km route.  Every step on this exciting trail is equivalent to over 1.6 million kilometres in space!  Be inspired and gain a new perspective and appreciation of the planets, our Sun, and our place in space.

Suitable for ages from 7 years plus. 

€8 per student and includes the trail and access to the 120 acres of parklands and gardens.

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The Quest

For those interested in nature, discovery and adventure, Birr Castle Demesne Centre is the place for you.  The Quest will take the young and maybe not so young explorers on a journey through time, from great engineering feats to wildlife discoveries, and many more highlights in between.

Weather permitting.
Suitable for age 4 years plus.

€8 per student and includes the trail and access to the 120 acres of parklands and gardens.

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Gallery Challenge

This challenge will take you through our seven Science Galleries where you will find the answers written along the walls and hidden among the displays. Start with our Welcome Video in the first gallery, continue upstairs to see the Hologram of Mary Rosse, the 3rd Countess located inside the Oldest intact Darkroom in the World. Finish your gallery challenge in the Engineering Gallery where you will discover the achievements of the world-famous inventor, Charles Parsons.

Suitable for age 9 plus.

€8 per student and includes the trail and access to the 120 acres of parklands and gardens.

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Wild Connections Flora Trail

This self-guided trail, which is supported by SFI, is sure to inspire wonder and appreciation in the native flora that puts on a spectacular display every Spring and Summer.
The Flora Trail map includes 20 native trees and plants for you to discover from late March until early July.

Suitable for age 9 plus.

€8 per student and includes the trail and access to the 120 acres of parklands and gardens.

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Wild Connections Bird Spotters Guide

Wander through the meadow and our bird biodiversity zone by the Pavilion in the hopes of seeing the many birds found within the Demesne. As you see these birds, make sure to tick them off the list.

Suitable for age 7 plus.

€8 per student and includes the trail and access to the 120 acres of parklands and gardens.

For more educational enquiries or bookings, please email education@birrcastle.com

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