What is recorded here
Oakley Park in County Offaly birthed Bindon Blood Stoney in 1828, the youngest brother of physicist George Johnstone Stoney. That same family line produced the man who mapped spiral galaxies at Parsonstown before shaping Dublin Harbour for decades. A boy from Offaly became a builder of ports and a watcher of distant stars, carrying both trades into one life.
Why this person is known: Irish civil engineer (1828–1909)
- Birthplace
- County Offaly
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