Offaly - The Faithful County Trivia Quiz

Answer: Carlow

County Offaly is the 18th largest of all the counties on the island of Ireland. The county takes its name from the old Kingdom of Uí Failghe. The county is mainly made up of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, the Bog of Allen, the Boora bog and the floodplains of the River Shannon. It has borders with the following counties Roscommon, Tipperary, Kildare, Meath, Westmeath, Laois and Galway.

Answer: Clonony

The Grand Canal flows into the Shannon River near the town of Clonony, the town is home to Coonony Castle, a Tudor castle said to be haunted by the ghost of a man seen at the tower wearing old-fashioned clothes. Clonony is situated near the Grand Canal, one of two canals connecting the River Shannon with Dublin, the other canal is the Royal Canal.

Answer: Tullamore River

Tullamore is the county town of County Offaly and it is here that the well known Irish whiskey, "Tullamore Dew", was first distilled. The Irish name for Tullamore is Tulach Mhór and means "big hill".

Answer: Leinster

County Offaly is the fifth largest of the twelve counties in the province of Leinster and the eighteenth largest in the island of Ireland.

Answer: Ard Erin

Ard Erin is the highest point in Offaly at approximately 527 meters and can be located in the Slieve Bloom Mountains. Even though Ard Eirin mean the highest point in Ireland it is by no means that.

Answer: Clonmacnoise

The site was founded in the 6th century by St. Ciaran and is now in ruins. The site can be found on the banks of the River Shannon and includes several ruins of eight churches, a cathedral, round towers, high crosses and early Christian grave slabs.

Answer: Contae Uíbh Fhailí

County Offaly is named after the old Kingdom of Uí Failghe and therefore also known as King's County.
Contae Thír Eoghain is County Tyrone, Contae Chill Mhantáin is County Wicklow and Contae Ros Comáin is County Roscommon.

Answer: Daingean

The town was originally given the name of Philipstown by Queen Mary Tudor in 1556. The town was named after her husband, Philip II of Spain who was then King consort of Ireland.

Answer: Green, white and gold

This flag can sometimes be confused with the flag of the Republic of Ireland. Of course they are different as the Irish flag is green, white and orange whereas the Offaly flag is green, white and yellow or sometimes referred to as being gold. Also the Offaly flag is supposed to have its colours horizontally.

The Irish county flags takes their colours from the kit worn by the county's Gaelic Athletic Association football teams.

Answer: John Joly

John Joly was born in Bracknagh in November 1857 and died in Dublin in December 1933. He is best known for his discovery of radiotherapy as a treatment of cancer.