Offaly Cottage offers self catering accommodation for rent in the monastic centre of Ireland. Our cottage is a recently refurbished traditional cottage which is an ideal base to tour the rest of the country.

Set in the small village of Pollough in County Offaly adjacent to the Grand Canal, Offaly Cottage will allow you get away from it all, with a wide selection of activities and attractions to choose from.

County Offaly (Irish: Contae Uíbh Fhailí, derived from "Ua Fáilghe") is a county in Leinster, Ireland, bordered by seven other counties: Galway, Roscommon, Westmeath, Meath, Kildare, Laois, and Tipperary. Originally the Kingdom of Uí Failghe, it was formed in 1556 by Mary I of England during one of the Plantations of Ireland, it was originally named King's County, after King Philip II of Spain and the county town was Daingean until the nineteenth century.

The southern part of the county is occupied by the Slieve Bloom Mountains, the northwestern part is the floodplain of the River Shannon and the remainder consists of large bogs including the Bog of Allen and Boora Bog.

Tullamore is the capital town and Birr in the south of the county is best known for its castle and gardens. Birr Castle is owned by the Parsons family, (the family bears the title: 'Earl of Rosse') and is best known for its 19th century telescope. Before the plantation of modern day Offaly by English settlers, the territories it comprises were controlled principally by the O'Connor clan in the North/East of the county and the O'Carrolls clan in the south.