County Offaly, highlighted.
Choose from topics below for stories of people, families, events and places connected to County Offaly.
Vanishing Ireland (Offaly)
- Jos Donnelly (1920-2016) – Farmer of the Tulla Gap
- Pat Gleeson (1913-2006) – Farmer and Musician – Belmont
- Paddy Lowry (1919-2013) – Farmer & Folklorist – Forlacka, Kinitty
- Mrs Margaret Shortt (1925-2013) – Ladysmaid – Birr
- Paddy Heany (1931-2022) – Farmer & Historian – Cadamstown
- Mike Harte (cattle farmer, 1919-2015) Daingean, Co. Offaly
- Matilda McBryde (1932-2012) – Farmer – Tulla House, Kinnitty
Offaly Podcasts
Offaly Families
- Darby of Leap Castle in County Offaly, referenced here.
- FitzGerald, Viscount Offaly, Earl of Kildare, Duke of Leinster
- Synge of Syngefield & Rathmore
People connected to County Offaly
- Sir Henry Colley, Seneschal of the King’s County and Constable of Philipstown (Daingean),
- The Duke of Cumberland – The Butcher of Culloden
- Lord Norbury – The Hanging Judge
- Charlotte Bronte
- Anthony Trollope – Banagher
- Howard Egan (1816-1878), Mormon pioneer
- Bindon Blood Stoney (1828–1909), Father of Irish Concrete
- Dr George Johnstone Stoney (1826–1911), Father of the Electron
- Thomas Gray of Cloghan and the Dred Scott Case, 1847
- John Nelson Derby (1800-1882), co-founder of the Plymouth Brethren, of Leap Castle, also referenced here.
- Obama: A Tale of Irish Wigmakers, Shoemakers & Oratorical Bishops
Places in Offaly
- Portarlington
- Tullamore
- The Butcher’s Column, Birr
- The Grand Canal
Stories connected to County Offaly
- Mesolithic Offaly
- An tSlí Mhór (The Great Way) and the Esker Riada
- A Short History of Irish Gold
- The Forgotten Cult of St John the Baptist
- The Cistercian Order in Ireland
- Silken Thomas FitzGerald’s Rebellion, 1534-1536
- The Huguenots of Portarlington
- The Irish and the White House
- The Clonmel Show (1865-2015)
- Maxol – The History of an Irish Family Company
- Waterways Through Time, including Clonmacnoise