Places of Interest
- Slieve Bloom Mountains
- Rock of Dunamase
- Emo Court
- Castle Durrow
- Timahoe Round Tower
- Stradbally House
- Mountmellick Quaker Museum
- Ballyfin House
- Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise
- Offaly Historical and Archaeological Society
- Portlaoise Leisure Centre
- 18-hole golf courses include: Abbeyleix Road in Portlaoise; The Heritage in Killenard; The Heath; Abbeyleix and Rathdowney.
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