A Great Quality of Life

The quality of life in Offaly is unique. There is lively interest in culture and the arts. Offaly is a passionate sporting county. There is a proud sporting tradition and pride in the county, associated mainly with Gaelic games. A variety of water sports are available locally – boating, canoeing, sailing, windsurfing and angling.

Offaly has its own unique landscape. Colourful towns and villages and world famous houses, castles, gardens and historic sites and monuments abound, reflecting the county’s rich historical heritage. Clonmacnoise, Durrow, Birr Castle and Gardens and the Slieve Bloom mountains are world famous.
There is a spectacular variety of natural and unspoilt landscapes - mountains and valleys, farmland, wild bogs and forests, and leisurely-winding waterways.

There is an excellent and varied range of quality family housing in attractive, safe communities that is ideal for family living and at the kind of competitive prices that are the envy of other parts of the country and there are a wide range of houses of character on the market including period houses and country cottages – all within comparatively short
commuting distance of Ireland’s major cities. The average house price in Offaly €227,470 compared with Dublin €368,576.**

** Permanent TSB/ERSI house price index 2006