Michael Tubridy Birr's telescope project engineer on TV

Unless im wrong just spotted Michael playing the whistle back in 1988 in RTE's "Come West along the Road" (Archive footage of traditional Irish music)
May be on RTE player

And on the topic of the Leviathan spotted this moments ago

Birr Telescope Will Be Restored To Working Order Says OPW

www.midlandtribune.ie/articles/news/2380...king-order-says-opw/

Hope the restored telescope will be better looked after than it was after it was restored the last time back in the late '90's

Sounds great, I hope they have learned from the serious mistakes they made with the software control system and hydraulics. When they say restore, I wonder do they really mean repaired or a real overhaul of any substandard systems ... time will tell.