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County Offaly is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in honour of Philip II of Spain. Offaly County Council is the local authority for the county. The county population was 82,668 at the 2022 census.
Birr is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. Between 1620 and 1899 it was called Parsonstown, after the Parsons family who were local landowners and hereditary Earls of Rosse.
St Brendan's Park, known for sponsorship reasons as Grant Heating St. Brendan's Park, is a GAA stadium in Birr, County Offaly, Ireland. It is one of the main grounds of Offaly's Gaelic football and hurling teams. The ground has a capacity of 8,800. Prior to the development of O'Connor Park in Tullamore, the ground was the base of Offaly hurling and played host to intercounty competitions and to the Offaly hurling county final. Most Offaly games have since transferred to Tullamore. The stadium is named for the local patron saint Brendan of Birr, not to be confused with the more famous Brendan the Navigator.
Joe Dooley is an Irish former hurler and manager.
The Offaly Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Offaly GAA clubs. The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1896.
Birr GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with the game hurling and is one of the most successful hurling clubs in the country.
Johnny Pilkington is an Irish former hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Offaly senior hurling team.
Pádraig Horan is an Irish former hurler who played as a full-forward for the Offaly senior hurling team.
Brian Whelahan is an Irish former hurler who played as a left wing-back at senior level for the Offaly county team.
Patrick Joseph Whelahan, better known as Pad Joe Whelahan, is an Irish hurling manager and former player. He played hurling with his local club St Rynagh's and with the Offaly senior inter-county team in the 1960s and 1970s. Whelahan later served as manager of the Offaly and Limerick senior inter-county teams. He has also had a very successful career as manager of club sides Birr and Toomevara.
Declan Pilkington is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Birr and was a member of the Offaly senior inter-county team between 1988 and 1996. Pilkington won All-Ireland minor medals in 1986 and 1987 an All-Ireland senior medal in 1994.
Daithí Regan is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Birr and was a member of the Offaly senior inter-county team between 1989 and 1999. Regan currently works as a hurling analyst with Newstalk's Off The Ball and with TV3 as part of the expert panel on Championship Live.
Simon Whelehan is an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Offaly senior hurling team.
Gary Hanniffy is an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Offaly senior hurling team.
Rory G. Hanniffy is an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back for the Offaly senior team.
The 2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the culmination of the 2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. It was played on 10 September 2000 between Kilkenny and Offaly. Kilkenny was appearing in their third All-Ireland final in-a-row after losing to Offaly in 1998 and to Cork in 1999. They aimed to win their first championship since 1993. In their first championship game since winning the championship in 1998, Offaly lined up. The teams' most recent championship encounter took place in the Leinster final earlier this year, where Kilkenny defeated Offaly.
Vinny Claffey is a retired sportsperson from Doon, County Offaly, Ireland. He played Gaelic football with his home club Doon and was a member of the Offaly senior inter-county team from 1986 until 2003. He won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 1997 and a National Football League medal in 1998. During Tommy Lyons reign as Offaly manager, Claffey formed part of the full-forward line that included Peter Brady and Roy Malone.
Firceall was an ancient Gaelic Irish territory which formed the most south - westerly part of the ancient Kingdom of Meath. O'Molloy was chieftain of the territory. Firceall itself comprised the ancient baronies of Ballycowan, Ballyboy and Eglish, which are located in modern day mid County Offaly extending from Durrow north of Tullamore to Eglish on the edge of Birr in an area which is some 25 miles in length by 5 miles in width. The name Firceall comes from the Irish words Fir Ceala meaning Men of the Churches.
The Offaly county football team represents Offaly in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Offaly GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
Kieran Claffey was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club sides Doon and Clontibret O'Neills. He was also a member of the Offaly senior football team.
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- ↑ "Niall Claffey" . Retrieved 9 March 2009.
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