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County Offaly, formerly called King's County, was part of Hy Laighois, which included modern county Laois. The part encompassing county Offaly was called Hy Falgis or Offalia. The southern part of the county was part of Ely O'Carroll, or Hy Leigh, and was ruled by the O'Carroll clan. O'Conor Faly controlled the eastern part of the county. Lesser clans or septs included O'Malone, McCoghlan, O'Flattery, O'Rigney, McCoolahan, O'Mooney, O'Hennessy, McColgan, O'Fallon, O'Bergin, O'Molloy, O'Holohan, O'Flanagan, O'Dooly, O'Bannon, McGuilfoyle, McCorcoran, and O'Riordan.

25 Most Common Names in Offaly: Kelly Dunne Egan Molloy Carroll Daly Kennedy Ryan Walsh Mooney Connor Byrne Maher Horan Quinn Delany Murray Kenny Larkin Flanagan Farrell Scully Murphy Corcoran Coghlan.

Offaly Publications

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HISTORY OF THE ELY O'CARROLL TERRITORY, Gleeson 1915, 6 fiche. History of North Tipperary & Northwestern Offaly.

INDEXES TO IRISH WILLS (5 Volumes), Phillimore and Thrift 1909/1920
Volume I (Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Wexford, Wicklow) 2 fiche.

Offaly Free Member Access Pages

• Offaly Genealogy Discussion Forum

Offaly Premium Resources

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• Irish Wills, diocese of Ossory
• Irish Wills, diocese of Kildare
• Irish Wills, diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora
• Irish Wills, diocese of Clonfert

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• 0icp0670 OFFALY’S MAJOR LANDOWNERS ca. 1850s
  
• 0icp0633 OFFALY, AGHACON, DESCRIPTION 1837
  
• 0icp0664 OFFALY, BALLINAHOWEN, SELECTED BIRTH, MARRIAGE AND DEATH RECORDS 1822-1827
  
• 0icp0665 OFFALY, BALLINAHOWEN, SELECTED BIRTH, MARRIAGE AND DEATH RECORDS 1828-1831
  
• 0icp0666 OFFALY, BALLINAHOWEN, SELECTED BIRTH, MARRIAGE AND DEATH RECORDS 1832-1835
  
• 0icp0667 OFFALY, BALLINAHOWEN, SELECTED BIRTH, MARRIAGE AND DEATH RECORDS 1836-1898
  
• 0icp0650 OFFALY, BALLINAHOWN, SELECTED BAPTISMS 1821 - 1830
  
• 0icp0621 OFFALY, BALLYBURLEY AND CLONMACNOISE NOTES 1805 - 1869
  
• 0icp0615 OFFALY, BALLYNAKILL, BALLINTAMPULL, MacDERMOTT/OMORE TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION 1603
  
• 0icp0623 OFFALY, BANAGHER, 1863 DEED (surnames Claffy, Fox, Derry, Duchant, Devery, Glynn, Millock, Connell, Molloy, Mullock, Duhan)
  
• 0icp0659 OFFALY, BIRTHS, Feb - Jun 1867, NAMES BEGINNING A and B
  
• 0icp0660 OFFALY, BIRTHS, Jul - Dec 1867, NAMES BEGINNING A and B
  
• 0icp0614 OFFALY, EDENDERRY, BALLYBURLEY, SELECTED TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS 1617 - 1814
  
• 0icp0618 OFFALY, FERBANE, 1868 DEED, CLAFFY to CLAFFY
  
• 0icp0651 OFFALY, GALLEN AND REYNAGH, SELECTED MARRIAGES 1845 - 1861
  
• 0not0213 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. baptisms 1808 - 1809
  
• 0not0214 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. baptisms 1810 - 1811
  
• 0not0215 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. baptisms 1812 - 1813
  
• 0not0216 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. baptisms 1814 - 1815
  
• 0not0217 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. baptisms 1816 - 1817
  
• 0not0218 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. baptisms 1818 - 1819
  
• 0not0219 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. baptisms 1820 - 1821
  
• 0not0220 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. baptisms 1822 - 1823
  
• 0not0193 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1808
  
• 0not0194 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1809
  
• 0not0195 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1810 - 1811
  
• 0not0196 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1812 - 1813
  
• 0not0197 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1814 - 1815
  
• 0not0198 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1816
  
• 0not0199 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1817
  
• 0not0200 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1818
  
• 0not0201 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1819
  
• 0not0202 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1820 - 1821
  
• 0not0203 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1822
  
• 0not0204 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1823
  
• 0not0205 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1824
  
• 0not0206 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1825
  
• 0not0207 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1826
  
• 0not0208 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1827 - 1828
  
• 0not0209 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1829 - 1830
  
• 0not0210 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1831 - 1832
  
• 0not0211 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. deaths 1833 - 1834
  
• 0not0212 Offaly, Killeigh C.I. marriages 1809 - 1831
  
• 0icp0639 OFFALY, LANDOWNERS 1876 (surnames Abbott to Boyce)
  
• 0icp0640 OFFALY, LANDOWNERS 1876 (surnames Boyle to Curran)
  
• 0icp0646 OFFALY, LANDOWNERS 1876 (surnames Daly to Fuller)
  
• 0icp0647 OFFALY, LANDOWNERS 1876 (surnames Gamble to King)
  
• 0icp0653 OFFALY, LANDOWNERS 1876 (surnames King to Purferoy)
  
• 0icp0657 OFFALY, LANDOWNERS 1876 (surnames Radcliffe to Synge)
  
• 0icp0658 OFFALY, LANDOWNERS 1876 (surnames Taaffe to Woods)
  
• 0icp0609 OFFALY, SELECTED PARISH RECORDS 1806-1821
  
• 0icp0632 OFFALY, SOME CLAFFEY TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS 1775 - 1990
  
• 0icp0652 OFFALY, TISARAN AND FUITHRE, SELECTED BAPTISMS 1820 - 1829
  
• 0icp0662 OFFALY, TISARAN, LEMANAGHAN, EASTER OFFERING 1830 (Part 1)
  
• 0icp0629 OFFALY, 1792 DEED ABSTRACT (surnames Melsop, White, Woods, Cassin, Downs, Parsons, Usher, Finch, King, Burke)
  
• 0icp0628 OFFALY, 1795 DEED ABSTRACT (surnames Mellsop, Conroy, Mitchell, Michell, Woods)