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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Offaly

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Offaly, Ireland

Updated January 3, 2018

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The Birr box hedge

Offaly, Ireland

Birr Castle Box Hedge

The world's tallest box hedge is found in a delightful garden.
Illustration of the Leviathan of Parsonstown (Rosse Six-Foot Telescope).

Offaly, Ireland

Leviathan of Parsonstown

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.
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Two of Lough Boora Discovery Park’s tallest sculptures memorialize peat’s role as fuel.

Tullamore, Ireland

Lough Boora Discovery Park

An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.
1 mile from Offaly
Gallen Priory

Ferbane, Ireland

Gallen Priory

Once an early Christian burial site, it's believed the location was home to around 200 gravestones.
5 miles from Offaly
Charleville Castle.

Tullamore, Ireland

Charleville Castle

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".
7 miles from Offaly
Kinnitty Pyramid and the night sky

Birr, Ireland

Kinnitty Pyramid

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.
9 miles from Offaly
Old pot stills

Westmeath, Ireland

Kilbeggan Distillery

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.
12 miles from Offaly
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