Offaly (Holiday Apartments, Offaly, Ireland), once called Kings County during British occupation, comes from the Gaelic word, Uibh Fhaili, which means People of Failghe. In ancient times, the proximity of the Shannon to Offaly (Bed and Breakfasts, Offaly, Ireland) was responsible for the presence of many foreign visitors, all of which have had a lasting influence in one way or another. Merchants from continental Europe travelled by way of the Shannon river and passed through Offaly. One of ... Read More

Architecture Monastic Foundations Where Leinster formerly contained (according to Ware, 1654) some forty-four religious foundations of various descriptions. A short account of the more important of these may commence with Clonmacnois, which is situated on the banks of the Shannon some nine miles from Athlone, Offaly. One of the most interesting early monastic settlements in western Europe, it was founded in A.D.. 547 by St Ciaran, and rapidly grew in importance, becoming one of the greatest of the Irish monastic schools. Many ... Read More