New look Offaly Yearbook hits the shelves across the county this week

The Offaly Yearbook 2024 – produced by the teams at the Midland Tribune, Tullamore Tribune and OffalyLive.ie – is in the shops now.

As we enter the dying days of 2024, we look back on the year that was as well as exploring the different faces of the Faithful County in this special Offaly Yearbook.

The Yearbook will hopefully delight and inform readers over the festive season and into the New Year.

For many one of the highlights of 2024 was Offaly's spectacular win in the All-Ireland U20 Hurling Championship earlier in the year which completed a remarkable record for the county.

They joined Cork and Galway as the only counties to win the full clean sweep of All-Ireland Senior, U21/20 and Minor Hurling and Football Championships. Offaly also have junior hurling but not junior football.

This Yearbook looks back on those halycon sporting days while we also feature interviews with local historian and retired railway signalman, Charlie Finlay from Tullamore.

The wise words of an Offaly man who inspired a Ministerial address in Seanad Eireann are also recalled while we look at the ancient craft of thatching in Geashill.

The courageous story of an Offaly cancer survivor is recounted while the achievements of Offalians on a number of fronts are also featured.

We also look back on the year pictorially with pages of photographs from events that took place all around the county in 2024, as well as dipping into our archives with photographs from the past.

The Yearbook's quizzes, both news and sport, will certainly entertain and puzzle readers over the Christmas period.

The Yearbook also features a host of festive related articles from quirky stories to cookery tips.

We hope that you enjoy reading it and reflecting upon the issues and memories it contains.

- Ger Scully, Editor

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Thank you for your continued support— be sure to pick up your copy from this week at your nearest newsagent! See a list of outlets selling our Offaly Yearbook below:

CORRIB OIL (BIRR) SPAR EXPRESS (SHELL PETROL) CAPPAWEALE

DOYLES GALA WILLIAM ST/COLMCILLE ST TULLAMORE TULLAMORE

SHAZ LOCAL STORE LTD PUTTAGHAUN R35KD89 TULLAMORE

COSTCUTTER FILLING STATION O MOORE ST. TULLAMORE

CENTRA (2 MTRS) WOODLANDS BIRR

SCULLYS XL MAIN STREET DAINGEAN

DAYSTART CRINKILL MILITARY ROAD BIRR

FINGERBOARD LTD. CHARLEVILLE RD. TULLAMORE

GEASHILL SERVICE STATION GEASHILL GEASHILL

A. MORAN NEWSAGENCY SHANNONBRIDGE SHANNONBRIDGE

SPAR J K L ST. EDENDERRY

HORANS DAY BREAK NEWBRIDGE ST BIRR BIRR

KELLYS ROADHOUSE MUCKIAGH TULLAMORE

FOXS KILBRIDE ST. TULLAMORE

APPLEGREEN BALLINGAR MAIN STREET BALLINGAR

NEWSAGENCY & HARDWARE BANAGHER BANAGHER

SUPERVALU BANAGHER BANAGHER TOWN CENTRE BANAGHER

CENTRA MAIN ST SHINRONE BIRR

SPAR HILL ST. CLOGHAN

CAPPINCUR FILLING STATION CAPPINCUR TULLAMORE

LONDIS TOP SHOP RHODE POST OFFICE RHODE

CHEERS SHOP TULLAMORE GENERAL HOSPITAL TULLAMORE

O SULLIVANS CENTRA MAIN ST. KILCORMAC

TRUMP OIL CO LTD CLARA FILLING STATION CHARLESTOWN CLARA

CENTRA FOODSTORE 2 M ARDEN RD TULLAMORE

BRENDAN DOLAN CLARA RD TULLAMORE TULLAMORE

SPAR CHURCH ROAD CHURCH ROAD TULLAMORE

SPAR PATRICK STREET PATRICK STREET TULLAMORE

SPAR ARDEN ROAD ARDEN ROAD TULLAMORE

TEXACO SPAR FARBANE ATHLONE ROAD FERBANE

DUNNES STORES CHURCH RD TULLAMORE TULLAMORE

DUNNES STORES EDENDERRY S/CENTRE EDENDERRY EDENDERRY

DOOLAN SERVICE STATION PALLAS, BLUEBALL TULLAMORE

KD STORES LTD RHODE RHODE

GALA SERVICE STATION (MAUNSELLS) CLONCOLLIG TULLAMORE

BANAGHER OIL BIRR RD. BANAGHER

NEWSCORNER S\CENTRE, CHURCH RD. TULLAMORE

BOOKSTATION BRIDGE CENTRE TULLAMORE

CENTRA THE SQUARE CLARA

DUNNES STORES BRIDGE CENTRE TULLAMORE TULLAMORE

XL BANAGHER MAIN ST. BANAGHER

PARK SHOP & FILLING STATION PARK KILCORMAC

BRERETONS ST FRANCIS STREET EDENDERRY

TOM DARCY MOUNT LUCAS DAINGEAN DAINGEAN

Also available in some other selected stores around the county