County Offaly is a county of scenic and historic interest with the Slieve Bloom Mountains in the
south and The Bog Of Allen in the East with its large level plains and peat
bogland.
Leisure
cruising can be enjoyed on the River Shannon which flows
through the west of the county separating it from the neighbouring counties of
Galway and Roscommon.
Clonmacnois has a
monastic site dating back to 548 when St. Kieran first founded a monastery there.
The site contains a cathedral, eight church ruins, two round towers, three sculptured high
crosses and parts of two others |
