This week

Take a tour at Birr

As part of Heritage week, Birr Castle in Offaly is opening its doors for tours. The castle’s owners (including the lady of the house, Anna Lin, Lady Oxmantown) are also putting their impressive collection of antique dresses on display for the first time in Ireland – elements of the collection have already appeared in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the V&A in London. The 90-minute tour ...