Kinnitty Pyramid | Birr, Co Offaly
Kinnitty Pyramid was built between 1830 and 1834 at the foothills of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, by Richard Wellesley-Bernard; it is an exact replica of the Egyptian pyramid of Giza. The Kinnitty Pyramid is the burial tomb of six members of the Bernard family, once the wealthy landowners of nearby Kinnitty Castle (sometimes called Castle Bernard). It’s thought that the master of the Castle, Lt.…
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