King's County

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King's County is the former name of County Offaly, a landlocked county in Ireland known for its midlands location and rich historical and archaeological heritage.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
King’s County 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former county name
historic county name
capital Tullamore NERFINISHED
containsLandscapeFeature Bog of Allen NERFINISHED
Boora Bog NERFINISHED
Slieve Bloom Mountains NERFINISHED
containsRiver River Barrow NERFINISHED
River Brosna NERFINISHED
River Shannon NERFINISHED
containsTown Banagher NERFINISHED
Birr NERFINISHED
Clara NERFINISHED
Daingean NERFINISHED
Edenderry NERFINISHED
Ferbane NERFINISHED
Tullamore NERFINISHED
country Ireland NERFINISHED
currentName County Offaly NERFINISHED
formerOfficialNameOf County Offaly NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalHeritage true
hasBorderWith County Galway NERFINISHED
County Kildare NERFINISHED
County Laois NERFINISHED
County Roscommon NERFINISHED
County Tipperary NERFINISHED
County Westmeath NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalHeritage true
hasNotableSite Birr Castle NERFINISHED
Clonmacnoise NERFINISHED
Durrow monastic site
Leap Castle NERFINISHED
isLandlocked true
knownFor archaeological sites
midlands location
rich historical heritage
locatedIn Irish Midlands NERFINISHED
Leinster
namedAfter the reigning English monarch
partOf Province of Leinster NERFINISHED
replacedBy County Offaly NERFINISHED
usedAsNameUntilCentury 20th century

Referenced by (2)

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County Offaly historicalName King's County
Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse regionOfActivity King's County
this entity surface form: King’s County