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County Offaly ( Irish: Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Leinster, Ireland, bordered by seven other counties: Galway, Roscommon, Westmeath, Meath, Kildare, LaoisLaois (pronounced Leash , also spelt Laoighis or Leix is a county in the midlands of Ireland. Situated in the province of Leinster, this small county is the only one in Ireland not bordered by another county with a coastline. Area: 1719 km² (664 square mi, and TipperaryCounty Tipperary Tiobraid Arainn in Irish) is a county in the Republic of Ireland, in the province of Munster. Area: 4,303 km² (1,661 square miles). Tipperary is known for its horse breeding (Coolmore Stud is the largest thoroughbred breeding operation in. Formed during the reign of Mary I of EnglandMary I ( 18 February 1516 17 November 1558) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 6 July 1553 de jure or 19 July 1553 de facto until her death. Mary, the fourth and penultimate monarch of the Tudor dynasty, is remembered for her attempt to return, it was originally named King's County, after King Phillip II of Spain.

The southern part of the county is occupied by the Slieve Bloom Mountains , the northwestern part is the floodplainIn geography, a floodplain is an area of relatively level land that is inundated from time to time. A floodplain may be border a stream, lake or river, or may be a watercourse in its own right. It is often defined as contained the floodway which normally of the River ShannonThe River Shannon which divides Ireland into east ( Leinster) and west ( Connacht), has been an important waterway since antiquity. First mapped by Ptolemy, the 200 mile long river empties into the Atlantic Ocean in a western direction at Limerick, turnin and the remainder consists of large bogA bog is a wetland type that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material. The term peat bog in common usage is not entirely redundant, although it would be proper to call these sphagnum bogs if the peat is comprised mostly of acidophilic moss (peats including the Bog of AllenThe Bog of Allen is a large peat bog in the centre of Ireland (namely County Offaly, County Kildare and others). Peat is mechanically harvested on a large scale by Bord na Mona, the government-owned peat production industry. The area has miles of narrow g and Boora Bog .

The main town in the county is Tullamore, while smaller settlements include:

Banagher, Birr

Cadamstown , Clara, Clonmacnois

Daingean

Edenderry

Ferbane

Kinnitby , Kilcormac

Shannonbridge , Shannon Harbour