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This is a list of nicknames for the traditional counties of Ireland and their inhabitants. The nicknames are mainly used with reference to the county's representative team in gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). A few of the names are quite old and well-known; most are recent coinages mainly used by journalists.
List of townlands of County Offaly This page was last edited on 8 May 2018, at 05:30 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...
Guilfoyle is an Irish surname. It originates from Gaelic Mac Giolla Phoil, meaning "son (or descendant) of the follower of St. Paul". They were once a chief clan in Kings County, now known as County Offaly. The surname may refer to: Brendan Guilfoyle (born 1984), Irish rugby league player
The O’Dempsey, Chief of Offaly, refused to attend. Strongbow together with his son-in-law De Quincy marched into the O'Dempsey territory to take land by force. In a famous battle the O'Dempsey together with his followers routed the Normans with great slaughter, an action that kept the Normans out of the Dempsey territories for over 300 years.
The clan or people of Éile claimed descent from Cian, a younger son of Ailill Aulom and brother of Eógan Mór, and thus had kinship with the Eóganachta.It has been suggested that the Éile were actually of Laigin origin, [1] and that they may in fact have been the rulers of the Cashel area before the rise of the Eóganachta, as suggested by their role in Eóganachta origin tales, [2] [3 ...
This is a sortable table of the approximately 1,194 townlands in County Offaly, Ireland. [1] [2] Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county. Names marked in bold typeface are towns and villages, and the word Town appears for those entries in the Acres column.
Police officers from County Offaly (4 P) Politicians from County Offaly (32 P) S. Scientists from County Offaly (11 P) Sportspeople from County Offaly (10 C, 5 P) W.
Pages in category "People from Edenderry, County Offaly" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.