MAIN FEATURES OF COUNTY OFFALY

This page was written by Conor (Rang a III)

The River Shannon forms the western boundary . Two rivers flow into the River Shannon - the Brosna and the Little Brosna. The land close to the Shannon floods a lot. There is one small lake in Offaly - Pallas Lake and people fish in it.

Offaly consists mainly of a large section of the Central Plain of Ireland. The southwestern boundary runs along the top of the Slieve Bloom Mountains. In the east of the county are a series of low lying hills, the most prominent of them is Croghan Hill.

The land of County Offaly is a mixture of bogs (The Bog of Allen) and farming land.

Another feature in the county is a series of eskers running along the northern part. These eskers were made during the Ice Age and are full of gravel, sand and rocks. Today some of the eskers are being used as quarries.