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County Offaly is a county in Leinster, Ireland, bordered by seven other
counties: Galway, Roscommon, Westmeath, Meath, Kildare, Laois, and
Tipperary. The southern part of the county is occupied by the Slieve Bloom
Mountains, the northwestern part is the floodplain of the River Shannon and
the remainder consists of large bogs including the Bog of Allen and Boora
Bog. A notable tourist attraction is the narrow gauge Clonmacnoise and West
Offaly Railway in Blackwater Bog.
Banagher is a town in the
Republic of Ireland, located on the western edge of County Offaly in the
midlands of Ireland. Banagher was originally built to guard a crossing point
on the nearby River Shannon just south of River Brosna and Shannon
converging point. The town is the home of the Banagher Concrete Group, the
company who made the blocks and internal rings for the Channel Tunnel.
Birr is a designated Irish
Heritage Town with a carefully preserved Georgian heritage. Birr itself has
graceful wide streets and elegant buildings. Many of the houses in John's
Place and Oxmantown Mall have exquisite fanlight windows of the Georgian
period.
Clara is a town on the River
Brosna in County Offaly in the midlands of Ireland. Clara is situated in the
north of County Offaly near the border with County Westmeath, on national
route N80 some 12 km northwest of Tullamore. Situated on a plain, the town
is in reality an urban centre surrounded by a series of mini-villages.
Cloghan is a town in County
Offaly, Republic of Ireland, located at the intersection of the N62 National
secondary road and the R356 and R357 regional roads. It is one of the few
places in the world in which a traffic roundabout is called "The Square".
Daingean, formerly
Philipstown, is a small town in east County Offaly, Ireland. It is situated
midway between the towns of Tullamore and Edenderry on the R402 regional
road. The town or townland of Daingean has a population (2002) of 777 [1]
while the District Electoral Division ( DED) has a total population of 1168
Edenderry is a town in the north of County Offaly, Ireland. It is near the
borders with Counties Kildare and Westmeath. The Grand Canal passes
immediately south of the town and there is a short spur to the town centre.
The R401 road from Kinnegad to the north and the R402 from Enfield to the
east join at the north eastern end of the Main St. At the Grand Canal they
separate, with the R402 continuing westwards towards Tullamore and the R410
heads south to Rathdangan and Kildare Town.
Ferbane is a small town on
the north bank of the River Brosna in County Offaly, Republic of Ireland,
between Birr and Athlone at the junction of the N62 National secondary road
and the R436 regional road. The name of the town is said to come from the
white bog cotton which grows abundantly in the surrounding Bog Of Allen.
Horseleap is a town situated
upon the Offaly, Westmeath county border in Ireland, on the R446, formerly
the main Dublin to Galway road. The village itself possesses a church,
primary school, a garden centre, a pub, and a petrol station. Horseleap
dates back to the 12th century steeped in Ui Neill, Geoghegan history.
Moneygall is a small town in County Offaly, Ireland, on the N7 route
between Dublin and Limerick, on the County Tipperary/Offaly border. While
the village is located in County Offaly the Gaelic Athletic Association
playing field is located in County Tipperary. It has a population of
approximately 300 people.
Shannonbridge is a village
located on the River Shannon, at the junction of the R444 and R357 regional
roads in County Offaly, in the centre of Ireland. It is politically situated
straddling the borders of counties Offaly, Galway and Roscommon, with the
majority of the population living east of the bridge in County Offaly. It
has a population of approximately 600, and is predominantly low rise and
low-density.
Tullamore is a town in County
Offaly, Ireland, located in the midlands of the island of Ireland, with
approximately 15,000 inhabitants in the district. The town's most famous
export is Tullamore Dew - an Irish whiskey previously distilled by Tullamore
Distillery - that can be traced back to 1829. The distillery closed in the
1950s but its traces are still visible in the town. |