Available in shops now! Offaly Yearbook 2023 features stories, photos and more

The Offaly Yearbook featuring photos, interviews and a round-up of the news in 2023, is on the shelves across Co Offaly right now.

Produced by the Tullamore Tribune, Midland Tribune and Offaly Live teams, the Offaly Yearbook showcases the very best of the people and places in the Faithful County.

The Offaly Yearbook looks at the achievements of Offalians on a number of fronts, whether it be building houses for the marginalised in South Africa or rowing across the Atlantic.

Of course sporting success will be the highlight of the year for many with pride of place going to Clara golfer, Shane Lowry, a member of the European team that claimed the prestigious Ryder Cup in September. We also take a nostalgic look back to Offaly-s All-Ireland senior hurling success in 1998.

Offaly's natural attractions are explored in a special three page article on walking tracks in the county.

One of the county's business success stories, Tullamore DEW whiskey, is also profiled while we also look at the changing population make-up of the county town.

Also on the business front we profile six successful artisan food businesses scattered throughout the county and look at the life and times of a successful Coolderry born entrepreneur.

The life and times of an extraordinary Tullamore woman are recalled in a special interview while the triumph of a Shinrone cyclist in Spain is remembered.

The rise of the women's shed movement in Tullamore is chronicled while an ambitious plan for a new walkway, linking two thoroughfares, in the centre of the county town, is unveiled.

We also look back on the year pictorially with pages of photographs from events that took place all around the county in 2023, 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.

“The Offaly Yearbook, produced by the teams at the Tullamore Tribune, Midland Tribune and sister online paper www.offalylive.ie, will hopefully delight and inform readers over the festive season,” commented Ger Scully, Editor of the Tullamore Tribune.

“As we enter the dying days of 2023, we look back on the year that was as well as exploring the many different faces of the Faithful County in this special Offaly Yearbook,” he added.

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

The Offaly Yearbook is priced at €5.95. Pick up your copy now in your local Tullamore or Midland Tribune stockist. You can see a full list of shops stocking the Offaly Yearbook HERE