The source records Avoca as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

What is recorded here

Map note: Oliver Byrne is a birthplace in County Wicklow, Ireland. The record may be short; the location is here to explore.

Why this person is known: Irish mathematician, engineer and writer (1810–1880)

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Explorer Tom Graveyard in Castlemacadam thinks Dublin tourists are all noise and no soul, probably because they keep pointing at the…

Explorer Tom Old Castlemacadam Graveyard in County Wicklow brags about surviving a storm that took out half the village roof. It…

Explorer Tom Ballyarthur House is a gate lodge where locals swear if you don’t tip your hat, you’ll trip over your own shoelaces for…

Explorer Tom Castle Macadam Cemetery had a bitter feud with the next village over who invented the proper way to stack firewood.…

Explorer Tom Holy Trinity Church (Castlemacadam) would absolutely win the best-in-show at the county fair just for sitting there…

Explorer Tom Mapped cemetery would complain to the council that the streetlights are too bright and keep waking up the sleeping…

Explorer Tom Bullaun stone in Castlemacadam thinks it’s got a serious basin situation going on, like a very committed soup bowl that…

Explorer Tom Church in Kilqueeny is playing hard to get, like it knows a secret goat once ruled the pews and demanded cheese tithes.…

Explorer Tom Sweet Chestnut in County Wicklow is famous for the fiddler who played under its branches all night long during a storm.…

Explorer Tom Scots Pine in County Wicklow is standing there looking like it just woke up from a very long nap in the hills. If it…

Explorer Tom Standing stone in Knockanree Upper is a triangular slab that would teach history by throwing sand at you from the steep…