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Click on NEXT> each time to go through the story 6: Clonmacnoise Offaly is home to one of the finest heritage sites in Ireland, if not the world. The famous round towers in Clonmacnoise are instantly recognisable and attracts visitors from around the world. Founded by St Ciaran in the sixth century and on the banks of the Shannon, Clonmacnose is one of the most famous places in Ireland
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Click on NEXT> each time to go through the story 7: The world's largest telescope When you think of great discoveries in astronomy, you might not instantly think of Offaly but for more than 70 years, the county was home to the largest telescope in the world. The Leviathan of Parsonstown at Birr Castle was built in 1845 and remained the largest telescope in world until 1917. Birr Castle remains at the heart of astronomy as it is now home to the I-LOFAR radio telescope.
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Click on NEXT> each time to go through the story 8: Fifth Avenue, New York This is a curveball but we are actually not joking. This goes back to the story of Cornelius Heeney, an Edenderry man who emigrated penniless to New York in the late 1700s. He became a hugely successful businessman and owned vast amounts of land around the modern day Fifth Avenue area of New York, a very lucrative address and popular tourist area. Rather than make commercial gains from the land, however, the Edenderry man gifted a portion of it to the building of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, one of the most recognisable Catholic cathedrals in the world. After that, he contributed numerous gifts of money to St. Patrick's and sold other parcels of land in the Manhattan area.
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Click on NEXT> each time to go through the story 9: Ruaile Buaile's version of Maniac 2000 Not many bands would be brave enough to do a trad version of a dance anthem but that's exactly what the lads from Ruaile Buaile did and they absolutely smashed it. Their version of Maniac 2000 has had over 1.2 million views on YouTube and has become and anthem of its own with the banjo at the start setting the tone for a classic!!!!