Mountbolus () is a small village in
County Offaly
County Offaly (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. It is named after the Ancient Ireland, ancient Kingdom of Uí ...
, Ireland. It is in the parish of
situated at the foot of the
Slieve Bloom Mountains
The Slieve Bloom Mountains (; ) is a mountain range in Ireland. They rise from the central plain of Ireland to a height of . While not very high, they are extensive by local standards. The highest points are Arderin () () at the southwestern en ...
, 13 km south-west of
Tullamore
Tullamore (; ) is the county town of County Offaly in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is on the Grand Canal (Ireland), Grand Canal, in the middle of the county, and is the fourth most populous town in the Midland Region, Ireland, Midlands Reg ...
.
It has a church, a
national (primary) school, and one
public house
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.
The area's
GAA
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* Gaa language, a language of Nigeria
* gaa, the ISO 639 code for the Ga language of Ghana
GAA may stand for:
Compounds
* Glacial (water-free), acetic acid
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club is
Kilcormac/Killoughey GAA. When Offaly won the 1998
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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, the
goalkeeper
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on the team was
Stephen Byrne from the club.
References
External links
Killoughey Parish website
Towns and villages in County Offaly
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