Offaly Ireland Hotels - Bed & Breakfast Accommodation - Offaly Holiday Homes http://offaly.travelinireland.com Offaly guide for Accommodation, Maps, and Entertainment Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:50:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en Offaly County Facts http://offaly.travelinireland.com/county-facts/offaly-county-facts.html http://offaly.travelinireland.com/county-facts/offaly-county-facts.html#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:44:37 +0000 Alain http://offaly.travelinireland.com/offaly-county-facts.html

Land Area: 1,999 km

County Town: Tullamore

Code: OY

Population: 63,663 (2002)

Province: Leinster

]]> http://offaly.travelinireland.com/county-facts/offaly-county-facts.html/feed Hotels in Offaly http://offaly.travelinireland.com/accommodation/hotels-in-offaly.html http://offaly.travelinireland.com/accommodation/hotels-in-offaly.html#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:44:34 +0000 Alain http://offaly.travelinireland.com/hotels-in-offaly.html County Arms Hotel

Rating: 3 Star

County Arms Hotel

Address: Railway Road, Birr, Co. Offaly

70 rooms

County Arms Hotel is a three star hotel is situated less than ten minutes walk from Birr town centre.

Price Range: Hotel rooms up to 50% off sale


Days Hotel Tullamore

Rating: 3 Star

Days Hotel Tullamore

Address: Main Street, Tullamore, Co. Offaly

62 rooms

Situated just five minutes walk from the bustling town centre, with many bars, restaurants and shops close by, the hotel is ideal for a weekend break.

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Grennans Country House

Rating: 3 Star

Grennans Country House

Address: Aharney, Tullamore, Co. Offaly

6 rooms

Grennans Country House is a three star hotel set in the heart of Ireland, just 5 minutes north-west of Tullamore.

Price Range: Hotel rooms up to 50% off sale


Kinnitty Castle Demesne

Rating: 3 Star

Kinnitty Castle Demesne

Address: Kinnitty, Birr, Co. Offaly

37 rooms

Kinnitty Castle Demesne is a three star hotel situated 1.5 hrs from Dublin, Galway & Limerick.

Price Range: Hotel rooms up to 50% off sale


Maltings Guesthouse

Rating: 3 Star

Maltings Guesthouse

Address: Castle Street, Birr, Co. Offaly

13 rooms

Maltings Guesthouse is a three star hotel situated beside Birr Castle in the centre of Irelands finest Georgian town.

Price Range: Hotel rooms up to 50% off sale


Sea Dew Guesthouse

Rating: 3 Star

Sea Dew Guesthouse

Address: Clonminch Road, Tullamore, County Offaly

12 rooms

Sea Dew Guesthouse is a three star hotel set in a mature garden of trees, located only 5 minutes walk from the town centre.

Price Range: Hotel rooms up to 50% off sale


Tullamore Court Hotel

Rating: 4 Star

Tullamore Court Hotel

Address: O’Moore Street, Tullamore, Co. Offaly

72 rooms

Ideal Central Location - One and a Half Hours from Dublin.

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]]> http://offaly.travelinireland.com/accommodation/hotels-in-offaly.html/feed Pubs in Offaly http://offaly.travelinireland.com/entertainment/pubs-in-offaly.html http://offaly.travelinireland.com/entertainment/pubs-in-offaly.html#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:44:29 +0000 Alain http://offaly.travelinireland.com/pubs-in-offaly.html E_Canal_View_Boat_View.jpg Offaly (Self Catering, Offaly, Ireland), lying in the heart of Ireland is a county of hidden treats, full of scientific and cultural history. Situated partly on the Shannon, many overseas visitors come to enjoy their pleasure cruises, touring around some of the most important historical sights in the county. This is a quaint old county full of winding roads and tiny villages. Most of the area looks very much like it did over a hundred years ago. You should check out some of Offaly interesting pubs while on your stay here.

E_Inside_The_Thatch_Bar.JPG The Pike Bar is a welcoming and traditional old pub in the pretty village of Clara. This is a retreat for walkers and talkers. The pub has been kept as traditional as possible, giving the place a certain presence that is ideal for pure enjoyment. The Thatch is an award-winning pub and restaurant, full of character with a thatched roof and turf fires. Neatly tucked away, just outside Birr, The Thatch is a friendly and relaxed bar, lounge and restaurant. It is a favourite stop off point for their tantalising dishes such as smoked wild boar, ostrich, frogs legs and caviar. Behind every good pub, is a good landlord or landlady and no matter how interesting the pub, or how good the drink or food, what makes the pub enjoyable E_High_Street_House.jpgis the welcome and you can be sure of a great one here. The Vine House Bar is set on the edge of the river Shannon. There’s a bistro, a restaurant and a traditional bar. Beautifully prepared dishes, includes Irish Stews, seafood platters, salmon and prawns and if you’re not hungry then you can listen to music at their old styled world pub. Its nicely old-fashioned, quaint and very popular with tourists. Whatever you decide to do you’ll have a memorable night in this establishment.

You can’t leave here before experiencing the pubs and a pint of stout at The Magical Offaly (Bed and Breakfasts, Offaly, Ireland)!

]]> http://offaly.travelinireland.com/entertainment/pubs-in-offaly.html/feed Genealogy in Offaly http://offaly.travelinireland.com/genealogy/genealogy-in-offaly.html http://offaly.travelinireland.com/genealogy/genealogy-in-offaly.html#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:44:26 +0000 Alain http://offaly.travelinireland.com/genealogy-in-offaly.html Gen_Little_Brosna_River.JPGOffaly also known as the King’s county, a county of Ireland, bounded N by E. and W. Meath, E by Kilkenny and Queen’s county, S by Tipperary, and W by Galway; 43 long and 39 broad, containing 707 square miles. With the exception of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, which form its southern boundary, the terrain of the county is mostly flat, with many large peat bogs; these now supply turf for the county’s power stations. The principal rivers of Offaly (Accommodation, Offaly, Ireland) are Shannon, Little Brosna, and Greater Brosna. It sends 2 members to parliament. The Irish name for the county reflects its pre-Norman history; it was part of the territory of U�Failghe, a tribal grouping whose name may be continued in the modern surname Faley or Fally. In historical times the most powerful families in the region were the O’Carrolls (who gave their name to Ely O’Carroll, an area in the south of the county), the O’Connors and the O’Molloys. Their lands were annexed to the English crown in the thirteenth century, but effective English control was not imposed until the sixteenth century, when county was planted with English settlers and renamed King’s County, to match its neighbour Queen’s County, now Laois. The counties acquired their present names after independence in 1922.

Gen_Tullamore_Town_Council.jpg The main towns in Offaly (Hotels, Offaly, Ireland) include Tullamore, Birr, Clara, Edenderry, Portarlington.

Surnames associated with this county include Dooley, Dunne, Egan, Dempsey, Lalor, Flattery, Daly, Condron and Lynam.

There was some emigration from this area from the late 18th century onwards but emigration dramatically increased during the period of the Great Famine. The chief destinations were Australia, Canada and the United States of America. During the period of the Great Famine the area overall lost about 25% of its population with some towns experiencing population reductions of up to 50%.

Laois & Offaly (Holiday Cottages, Offaly, Ireland) Family History Research Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, Co Offaly, Ireland

Gen_Birr_Town.jpg The Laois & Offaly Family History Research Centre is the designated research centre for the counties of Offaly (formerly called Queen’s County) and Offaly (formerly called King’s County). The Centre offers a Full Service. All initial enquiries are answered promptly while research usually takes from four to six weeks.

Church records in the Laois & Offaly area have various starting dates:

The earliest Roman Catholic parish records at this centre start at 1763 and the latest start in 1862

The earliest Church of Ireland (Anglican/Episcopalian) records date from 1699 and the latest from 1876.

Methodist records commence in1830

Gen_Birr_Castle.jpg In addition to the usual primary source material the Laois & Offaly (Holiday Homes, Offaly, Ireland) Family History Research Centre have indexed:

The Birr Workhouse register

Births, marriages and deaths recorded in the ‘King’s County Chronicle’ newspaper (1845 - 1865) and the ‘Leinster Express’ (1831 - 1851)

Entries in trade directories for the period 1788 to 1908

The Geashill Estate rental (1883).

About 750,000 genealogical records have now been computerised at this centre.