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General Resources

Popular Surnames from Offaly County

Kelly, Dunne, Molloy, Carroll, Egan, Dempsey, O'Connor, Daly, Fitzpatrick and Lalor.
 

Chief Towns and Cities in Offaly County

The main towns in Laois and Offaly include Tullamore, Birr, Clara, Edenderry, Portarlington, Portlaoise, Mountmellick and Mountrath.
 

Parishes in Offaly County

Tullamore

Local Addresses

Laois & Offaly Family History
Research Centre
Bury Quay, Tullamore
Co Offaly, Ireland
Tel: + + 353 506 21421   and Fax: + + 353 506 21421
e-mail:

Offaly Historical and Archeological Society
Family History in Laois and Offaly
Irish Midlands Ancestry
Bury Quay, Tullamore
Co Offaly, Ireland
Tel: + + 353 506 21421   and Fax: + + 353 506 21421
e-mail:

Offaly County Libraries

Emigration

During the Great Famine, Offaly lost approximately 25% of it's population (some towns lost up to 50%).  The most popular destinations were Australia, Canada and the United States.

Publications

The following publications are available through the Laois and Offaly Family History Research Centre

Annals of Clonmacnois
Tullamore Town Album
The Long Ridge (Killeigh)
Clara - A Pictorial Record
Offaly Placenames
Quakers of Mount Mellick

Query Message Board

Feel free to post your surname query to the Query Message Board.

E-Mailing List

You may also want to subscribe to the mail list.  This list is free and is open to anyone with research interest in this county.  To subscribe, send a new email to the address above and include the word SUBSCRIBE (no other text or names).  Once you receive the welcome message, you can post your query directly to the list!

Records and Resources

The following records may be requested from the Laois & Offaly Family History Research Centre


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This page was last updated on October 8, 2003

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