What is County Offaly?
{{Infobox settlement |name = County Offaly |other_name = {{Pad top italic|Contae Uíbh Fhailí}} |image_shield = Offaly_crest.svg |image_flag = Flag of county Offaly.svg |image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Offaly.svg |area_total_km2 = 2001 |area_rank = [[List of Irish counties by area|18th]] |seat_type = [[County town|County seat]] |seat = [[Tullamore]] |blank_name_sec1 = [[Vehicle registration plates of Ireland|Car plates]] |blank_info_sec1 = OY |population = 76687 |population_rank = [[List of Irish counties by population|24th]] |population_as_of = 2011 |government_type = [[Offaly County Council|County Council]] |subdivision_type3 = Dáil Éireann |subdivision_name3 = [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Laois–Offaly]] |subdivision_type4 = EU Parliament |subdivision_name4 = [[Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency)|Midlands–North-West]] |subdivision_type = [[Sovereign state|Country]] |subdivision_name = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Leinster]] |website = {{URL|http://www.offaly.ie/}} }} '''County Offaly''' ({{lang-ga|Contae Uíbh Fhailí}}) is a [[county]] of [[Ireland]]. County Offaly is in the [[province]] of [[Leinster]]. It is named after the old [[kingdom of Uí Failghe]]. The [[population]] of County Offaly is 76,687 as of 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2011/07/01/4005281-offalys-population-rises-by-84-in-five-years |title=Offaly's population rises by 8.4% in five years |author=Tom Kelly |date=1 July 2011 |publisher=Offaly Independent |access-date=2 February 2015 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305183731/http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2011/07/01/4005281-offalys-population-rises-