- Ireland's Historic Science Centre Bob Strunz, University of Limerick, Ireland. strunzb@ul.ie +353-61-333644 Introduction What have Astronomy, Photography, Engineering and Horticulture got in common Obviously they are branches of the sciences, but there is a less obvious link, a family and their home in almost the exact centre of Ireland. A few clues, between 1845 and 1915, the world's largest ...www.ul.ie/~strunz/birr/BSHC.html