Parsonstown
Parsonstown is the former name of the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland. It was named after the Parsons family who were local landowners and hereditary Earls of Rosse.
Parsonstown may also refer to:
Places
- Republic of Ireland
- Parsonstown, Ardkill, a townland in Ardkill civil parish, barony of Carbury, County Kildare
- Parsonstown (civil parish), a civil parish in the barony of Ferrard, County Louth
- Parsonstown, County Louth, a townland in Parsonstown civil parish, barony of Ferrard, County Louth
- Parsonstown, County Meath, a townland in Rathregan civil parish, barony of Ratoath, County Meath
- Parsonstown, County Westmeath, a townland in Tyfarnham civil parish, barony of Corkaree, County Westmeath
- Parsonstown, Donaghcumper, a townland in Donaghcumper civil parish, barony of North Salt, County Kildare
See also
- Earl of Rosse, a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland; both times for the Parsons family.
- Leviathan of Parsonstown, the unofficial name of the Rosse six-foot telescope.
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