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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Tullamore and the Third World War: a hasty departure from Berlin in 1961. Blog no. 820 in the Offaly History Series, 1 October 2026. By Fergal MacCabe
As the 13th of August comes around, the present rising tensions between Russia and the West bring me back sixty-five years to the Summer of 1961 and my ringside seat at its most momentous event. Th…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Monday 28 September 2026 at 7 30 p.m. Timothy Moloney on William Bulfin: his Life and Works at Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore (beside new Aldi). All are welcome.] T. For more on this blog see www.offalyhistory.com offalyhistoryblog.com/.../in-his-s... See less
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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An Appreciation of Andy Gallagher (1936–2026). Blog no. 819, 27 September 2026,
This appreciation is based on an interview Andy Gallagher conducted with the late Maurice O’Keeffe in 2012. Introduction: The recent passing on 14 September 2026 of Andy Gallagher in his ninetieth …
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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In his second contribution to his Bulfin Bulletin Blog, Timothy Moloney previews his forthcoming lecture on William Bulfin at the Offaly History Society on 28 September. Offaly History Blog Series, Bl...
A blog contribution had been planned closer to the envisaged eventual publication of the biography; however, following  a request from Offaly History for an article prior to the lecture on 28 …
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Tullamore jail/Kilcruttin Business Park reaches its 200th, 1826–2026. By Michael Byrne, no 817 in the Offaly History Blog Series, 17 Sept. 2026.
The foundation stone for the Tullamore jail was laid on 13 September 1826 just 200 years ago. Two hundred years of history as we pass those gates of what is now Kilcruttin Business Park. We may won…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Memories of life by the Grand Canal: the Cummins family at Ballycowan Lock as recorded in 1983. Blog no. 816 in the Offaly History Blog Series. 11 Sept. 2026
The Grand Canal, like all great waterways, has its own traditions. One of the most enduring of these customs is the tradition of loyal service given by those men and women who work on, or at the ca…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Phil O’Reilly, Harbour Street, Tullamore – An Appreciation: He fought the good fight, both on the playing field and in civic life. A special article in the Offaly History Blog Series, no. 814, 1 Sept....
This appreciation piece is based on an interview by Aidan Barry and Shaun Wrafter (Offaly History members) with Phil O’Reilly Snr. at his home in Harbour St. Tullamore on 10th June 2024. You can li…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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‘One of the most remarkable days Tullamore has seen for some time’: A Fashionable Marriage in Tullamore 135 years ago – Michael F. Gorry senior and Edith McGlynn. Blog no. 812, 21 Aug. 2026 by Michael...
Then, as now, fashionable weddings get a lot of press attention. Michael F. Gorry was the great grandfather of Francis (Francie) Gorry whose family had the famous newsagency shop in Harbour Street,…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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The limestone quarries of Ballyduff, Tullamore: Part 6 – The Jageurs Stonecutters. Blog no. 812 in the Offaly History Blog Series, 20.8.2026
This article is the sixth in a series on the stonecutters of Tullamore, particularly those associated with the limestone quarries of Ballyduff on the outskirts of the town. [Highly appropriate for …
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Tullamore marks the 40th anniversary of the rebuilding of the Church of Assumption, Tullamore in August 1986. No. 811 in the Offaly History Blog Series, 15.8.2026. By Michael Byrne
One of the saddest events in Tullamore history was the destruction of the 1906 Church of the Assumption by fire in the early hours of 31 October 1983. By morning all that remained was a burnt-out s…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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T. L. Cooke and the Great Industrial Exhibition in Dublin of 1853. By John Dolan. Blog no. 809, in the Offaly History Series,7.8.2026
The 1850s was the decade of the Great Exhibitions. The London Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851 was followed by Dublin and New York in 1853 and Paris in 1855. In Ireland there were regional/city ex…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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James And Patrick Stones – US Civil War Soldiers. Brothers Born In Clara, County Offaly, Ireland.
We explore the lives of brothers James and Patrick Stones, Irish immigrants who served in the US Civil War. Research into their pension records revealed their origins in Clara, Offaly, and their co…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Urban Regeneration in Tullamore. By Fergal MacCabe. Blog no. 808 in the Offaly History Series. 31.7.2026
PROJECT 2040 Many may find it hard to believe, but Ireland has a pretty good planning structure and system. Some years ago we embarked on an exercise of estimating where as a nation- indeed as an i…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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The Groome Family of Knockdrin and Garr in the Heart of Uíbh Fhailí. ByPadráig Groome. Blog no. 807, 24 July 2026.
The Groome Family of Knockdrin and Garr in the Heart of Uíbh Fhailí Introduction Nestled on the frontier of the ancient kingdom of Uíbh Fhailí, beneath the shadow of Croghan Hill, lies the historic…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Tullamore Town Park and its historic associations: a walk in the park on Saturday 18 July 2026, 10 30 a.m. to 12 noon. Blog no. 806 in the Offaly History Series, 16.7.2026. By Michael Byrne
The second guided town walk on 18 July 2026 is alongside Tullamore River to the town park and Cormac Street. We start from Bridge House Hotel on Distillery Lane at 10 30 a.m. on Saturday 18 July an…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Tullamore Town Park and its historic associations: a walk in the park on Saturday 18 July 2026, 10 30 a.m. to 12 noon. The guided town walk on 18 July 2026 is along the Tullamore River to the town park. We start from Bridge House Hotel on Distillery Lane at 10 30 a.m. on Saturday 18 July
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Saturday 11 July 10 30 a.m. Walking Tour of Spollanstown to start at the front door of Tullamore Court Hotel and proceed via Spollanstown to emerge at the jail on Cormac Street. Speaker Michael Byrne with surprise guests.
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Buildings and housing of the Tullamore Workhouse, 1839-1852. By J.J. Reilly. Blog no. 804 3 July 2026 in the Offaly History Blog Series
The first meeting of the Tullamore Board of Guardians took place on Tuesday, the 26 November 1839, with 21 guardians present.[i] There were 24 elected members from 15 electoral divisions. The Union…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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The Birr Weekly Journal: Birr’s first local newspaper, sidelights on the hazards of retailing in 1774. Michael Byrne. Offaly History blog no. 803 26 June 2026.
The Birr Weekly Journal: Birr’s first local newspaper, sidelights on the hazards of retailing in 1774. Michael Byrne. Offaly History blog no. 803 26 June 2026. Birr’s newspaper publishing tradition…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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A new study of Offaly’s two Great Houses at Birr and Charleville, Tullamore Blog no. 802 in the Offaly History Series, 18 June 2026.
A new study of Offaly’s two Great Houses at Birr and Charleville, Tullamore just published Two of the great houses of Ireland, are here in County Offaly at Birr and Tullamore. Both regularly featur…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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Portarlington market house: a place of many uses and now restored. By John Stocks Powell. Blog no. 801 in the Offaly History Blog Series, 12 June 2026
On Thursday 23rd April 2026 the new, changed, developed, market house in Portarlington’s square was formally opened, following over a year’s work on the structure to commence a new chapter in its l…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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Reminiscences of Fergal MacCabe: ‘I can never forget….’  waving goodbye to ‘the quare fellow’, the war bombs and celebrating a wedding in  two Irish whiskey families, Tullamore Dew and Powers. Blog no...
An Emotional Farewell My very first memory is of waving goodbye to a man who was on his way to the scaffold. I was just three and was frightened by the noise and smoke of the steam train and the hu…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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The long and eventful life of the Book of Durrow. By Rachel Moss. Blog no. 799 in the Offaly History Series. 29 May 2026
In the lead up to the feast day of Saint Colm Cille on 9 June we are glad to have this article thanks to Rachel Moss, Professor in the History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College, Dublin and a…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
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A Prima Donna in King’s County/ Offaly, Dame Nellie Melba 1861-1931. By Aidan Doyle. Blog no. 798 in Offaly History Blog Series, 22 May 2026
Melbourne, February 26 1931- The usually busy streets of Melbourne were hushed today when Britain’s “Queen of Song” Dame Nellie Melba, was taken in a simple farm cart on her last journey to h…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The first summer tour of 2026 is to Shannonbridge 23 May 2026 Saturday, Tour of Shannonbridge depart at 10 a.m. from Offaly History Centre (let us know if you can share or need a lift). To meet at Shannonbridge fort at 11 a.m. Our guide is Declan Ryan.
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Part 6 – The Jageurs Stonecutters: The limestone quarries of Ballyduff, Tullamore. By John Wrafter. No 796 in the Offaly History Blog Series. 15.5.2026
This article is the sixth in a series on the stonecutters of Tullamore, particularly those associated with the limestone quarries of Ballyduff on the outskirts of the town. When I began researching…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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Growing Up Beside Lemanaghan Bog: Memory, Heritage, and a Landscape Worth Protecting. By Ciara nic Aodhagáin. Offaly History Blog Series, no. 795, 8.5.2026
I grew up on a small farm beside Lemanaghan Bog, and to this day I can still feel the rhythm of those summers spent wandering up and down the lane that led from our 150 year old farm house to the b…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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Henry Robinson in conversation with Sandra Robinson about his life at Belmont and working with the Grand Canal Company from the 1930s. Part 2 (concluded). No. 794 in the Offaly History Blog Series, 1 ...
Down in the Jetty. In your early childhood? Yeah. What form of lighting was used down there? Hurricane lamps. All the time. All the time There was always a few hurricane lamps here and you’d …
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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The Goodbodys of Birr. By Michael Goodbody. Blog no. 793 in the Offaly History Blog Series, 24.4.2026
The Goodbody family is widely associated with the prosperous Quaker industrial dynasty that emerged in Clara and Tullamore during the nineteenth century. However, this article focuses on a lesser-k…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
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Concrete and Community Kieran Keenaghan – An Appreciation by Offaly History. Blog no. 792, 18 April 2026
Kieran Keenaghan began his professional journey in 1967 as a civil engineer working on motorway construction in County Down. After gaining experience in the North, he returned to his native Offaly …
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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The Enduring Legacy and Future of County Offaly’s Industrial (Cultural) Heritage. No. 1 in a new series on Industrial Heritage. Blog no 790 in the Offaly History Series. By Anna Orman, Clara Heritage Society.
The noun ‘palimpsest’ derives from the Greek words pālin (again) and psēn (to scrape), and it  relates to phenomena that have experienced temporal change and show clear evidence of…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Farming in the Philipstown/Daingean in the 1830s: the evidence from the the 1835 Poor Law Inquiry part four (final): ‘The farmers who occupy the district are of two classes; some few large farmers ver...
[This is part four and the final part of a blog article on the 1835 Poor Law Inquiry into the baronies of Philipstown Upper and Lower and is based on the transcripts from the original reports into …
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
This Saturday 4 April Offaly History Centre R35 Y5V0 will play host to the first major bookfair in the Midlands in 2026. Antiquarian, collectable and bargain bookdealers will be selling from 10am until 4 pm. Organiser John Heddon stressed that there will be something to cater for all interests
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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An opportunity to see the old Tullamore jail and hear of its turbulent history in the 1880s, 28 March, Saturday from 10.00 a.m. A welcome to all and meet local history enthusiasts for coffee at 10 and...
28 March Saturday at 11.00 a.m. at the former Tullamore Prison/Kilcruttin Business Park, Cormac Street, Tullamore, for the Launch of a new edition of Prison Poems or Lays of Tullamore by T.D. Sulli…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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Noel MacMahon, Former Principal of Shinrone, Co. Offaly. An Educator and an Historian.An appreciation article by Offaly History. Blog no. 786, 17.3.2026.
Introduction:Noel MacMahon passed away on 4th March 2026. Noel was born in Shinrone, Co. Offaly, in 1934, into a family where education was the primary vocation. He attended primary school in Shinr…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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The incarceration of T.D. Sullivan – Lord Mayor of Dublin – in Tullamore jail, December 1887. Published (13.3.2026) to mark the launch of the new edition of Sullivan’s Prison Poems: Lays of Tullamore ...
T.D. Sullivan was one of the most high-profile political figures to be targeted by the London administration under the Crimes Act for publishing what they considered dangerous material that could i…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
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GLORY CLAFFEY! Paddy Claffey, Noggus, Co. Offaly, who has been officially declared the oldest man in Ireland. By Frances Browner. Blog no 783 in the Offaly History Series, 27 Feb. 2026
Paddy Claffey was born in Noggusboy, Ferbane, on April 17th, 1921, three months before the end of Ireland’s War of Independence. His parents were Sarah (Flaherty) of Gallen and Kieran Claffey, Nogg…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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The Law of the Innocents, Birr 697 AD: Part 2. Its resonance for the Geneva Convention. By Jim Houlihan. Blog no. 781 in the Offaly History Series. 13 February 2026
Hello again. I have good reasons to write a follow up article to my blog of September 2023 on the above topic, as have Four Courts Press to produce a paperback version of my book Adomnán’s Lex Inno…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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Recent Written History of Hurling. By John Dolan, no. 779 in Offaly History Blog Series, 6 Feb. 2026.
As mentioned earlier there are many histories of hurling in recent times, particularly county and local club histories. A major and broad history of hurling, Scéal na hIomána was produced by Brothe…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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The 1835 Poor Law Inquiry in Philipstown, part two. No 777 in the Offaly History Blog series, 30 Jan. 2026. By J.J Reilly
This is part two of a three-part blog on the 1835 Poor Law Inquiry into the baronies of Philipstown Upper and Lower. The respondents to the questionnaires for Philipstown were Rev P. Rigney and Rog…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Offaly History Lecture Series, Monday 26 January 2026 “Voices of Offaly” Website. By Aidan Barry. Blog no. 776 in the Offaly History Series.
Offaly History Lecture at Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, R35 Y5V0 On Monday 26th January 2026 at 7. 30 p.m. following the AGM at 7 p.m. Offaly History presents a lecture about the rec…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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The Older History of Hurling. By John Dolan. Blog no 775 in the Offaly History Blogs Series. 16 Jan. 2026.
The story of people hitting a ball with a stick is a story which is told everywhere, from Iceland to Ethiopia to the Far East and across to the Aztecs. Look at lacrosse played by the American India…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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The new Birr Urban District Council 1899: women were included on the electorate for the first time and the end of the Birr Town Commissioners. Blog No 774, 10th Jan. 2026. By Martin Hoctor
Town Commissions in Ireland were possible from 1847 after the introduction of the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act that would allow the larger towns to introduce a series of measures starting with t…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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Reports from the 1835 Poor Law Inquiry in Daingean/ Philipstown, County Offaly. By J.J. Reilly. Blog No 773, 3rd Jan 2026
Background to the Poor Law Inquiry The Commission of Enquiry into the Poorer Classes in Ireland was the result of the United Kingdom government’s investigation of rapid increases in population livi…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
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The ‘King Oak’ of Charleville Demesne, Tullamore. Blog no 772 from Offaly History
The demesne of Charleville must rank as one of the last unspoilt areas of tranquillity in the vicinity of Tullamore and is much loved by the inhabitants of the town who are proud of the great oaks …
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
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The ‘Elite’ of Tullamore skating at Charleville Lake on St Stephen’s Day 1864. By Cosney Molloy. Blog no 770, 26 12. 2025
Skating on Charleville Lake, Tullamore was a popular pastime when I was a young lad. I remember the cold icy winters of 1962, 1982 and 2010. I can recall as a young man the Tullamore people skating…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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New Local Histories for County Offaly published in 2025. Blog no. 768 17 Dec. 2025.
New books about Offaly History and some of its neighbours issued in 2025 are greatly adding to our knowledge potential for this inland county. All available from Offaly History at Bury Quay and Bri…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
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COOL POOL: James Scully (Kilbeggan Bridge, Tullamore) recalls happy times at the Tullamore Outdoor Swimming Pool (1938, Church Road) in the course of the launch of the new book of memories. Blog No ...
ROSE-TINTED: Memories of the Tullamore Swimming Pool inevitably come through rose-tinted glasses. Some can be explained: The glorious weather – you didn’t go to the pool unless the weather wa…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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The making of O’Connor Square, Tullamore: People, Houses and Business will be launched on Wednesday 10 December 5 p.m. at the Brewery Tap, Tullamore and Ferbane 1950-2000 on 12 Dec. in Ferbane Blog no...
The making of O’Connor Square, Tullamore: People, Houses and Business will be launched on Wednesday 10 December 5 p.m. at the Brewery Tap, Tullamore. The Brewery Tap is the longest established busi…
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Offaly History Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore, offalyhistory.com @offalyhistory.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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