County Offaly, Ireland
Located
in the centre of Ireland, Offaly comes from the gaelic word
'Uíbh Fhailí' - Failghe's People.
Offaly
touches the Slieve Bloom mountains and the River Shannon.
Clonmacnoise, one of the largest monastic sites in Ireland -
founded by St Ciaran in 545 - is located in County Offaly
and it is here that the last high King of Ireland, Rory
O'Connor was buried.
Birr Castle holds a giant telescope
which formerly was the largest in the world. County Offaly
also possesses Leap Castle and Kinnitty Castle.
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