Offaly | Ireland Travel Kit

Reading the Stories of the Durrow High Cross: Co. Offaly

You’ll drive through a tunnel of tree branches to reach the exquisite carved cross at Durrow. It’s been moved inside … more

The Round House at Boland’s Lock is one of the grandest lock keepers homes on the canal. When architect Michael … more

If you think of High Crosses and Round Towers when you picture Ireland, a visit to Clonmacnoise in County Offaly … more

This low lying bog area was once a major peat mining operation. But once the peat was cutaway, the land … more

It’s not often that you find a mix of everything that makes Ireland magical in one spot, but that is … more

Among the “seven blessed wells of Killeigh, this dry stone wall channels water from a natural spring. Water from this … more

The tiny village of Belmont features a sculpture at its crossroads called The Good Samaritan. It is made from pieces … more

At first glance, the Pietà in the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kilcormac looks like … more

Several sites connected to the Barack Obama’s Kearney relative’s remain near Moneygall. The site of the Kearney home is located … more

Several sites connected to the Barack Obama’s Kearney relative’s remain near Moneygall. It is believed the Kearney’s would have been … more

Several sites connected to the Barack Obama’s Kearney relative’s remain near Moneygall. This 1800s School House on the main street … more

It is likely that Barack Obama’s Kearney ancestors worshiped at the Church of Ireland at Templeharry in the 1800s.

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