Wondering how to use Offaly in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Offaly meaning
A county of Ireland.
Using Offaly
- The main meaning on this page is: A county of Ireland.
- In the example corpus, offaly often appears in combinations such as: and offaly, offaly and, in offaly.
Context around Offaly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Offaly
- In this selection, "offaly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, laois, kildare, lusmagh, based, moved and man stand out and add context to how "offaly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all laois offaly politicians and appointment of offaly farmer pippa. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "offaly" sits close to words such as abenaki, abstracted and addendum, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with offaly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Daddy from Lusmagh, Offaly, and Mammy from Cappamore, Limerick. (9 words)
Comedian Neil Delamere (44) grew up in Edenderry, Co Offaly. (10 words)
Laois/Offaly TD Charlie Flanagan said it was a “black day” for Tullamore. (13 words)
He also said that it was “entirely possible” for further localised restrictions to be implemented in the coming weeks and months, such as those brought in for Kildare, Laois and Offaly following a surge in cases in these counties. (39 words)
Ireland’s health minister said he has had no conversations with his public health team about implementing other local lockdowns and the government’s intention remains to lift two-week restrictions in the counties of Kildare, Offaly and Laois. (39 words)
That is except for St Manchan “the wise” of Lemanaghan, County Offaly, whose hagiography (books written on the lives of saints) describes how his protruding eyes were cured by contact with the corpse of St Molua. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
The new electric vehicle was built by Offaly based Wilker Group, which has more than 50 years’ experience in the design, build and delivery of ambulance and specialist vehicle conversions.
Wins over Kildare and Galway followed as Offaly moved into the Leinster semi-final at pace.
Comedian Neil Delamere (44) grew up in Edenderry, Co Offaly.
Daddy from Lusmagh, Offaly, and Mammy from Cappamore, Limerick.
From a farming background in Co. Offaly, he is passionate for the well-being of Tirlán farm families.
Laois and Offaly are two of the counties without a refuge or accommodation for domestic violence victims.
Laois/Offaly TD Charlie Flanagan said it was a “black day” for Tullamore.
Offaly are just down from senior and we had a great tussle with them.
Stephen O’Reilly, from Athlone, Co. Westmeath and formerly of Greystones in Wicklow, died following a traffic collision near Edenderry, Co Offaly, on Monday, May 20.
That is except for St Manchan “the wise” of Lemanaghan, County Offaly, whose hagiography (books written on the lives of saints) describes how his protruding eyes were cured by contact with the corpse of St Molua.
The Offaly man goes out on the final day of the PGA championship from 13 under par.
Bealin’s case captured the national headlines for 14 days as Erin’s Isle considered an appeal to the Leinster Council and a Leinster club tie against Offaly champions Edenderry loomed for Ballyboden.
Clare also dominated from the kickouts at either end of the field with Offaly only winning two from nine in that opening quarter while Tom O’Brien was clinical with his from the Clare restarts.
Due to localised restrictions in Kildare, Laois and Offaly, the relaxed visiting restrictions were not applied to Portlaoise Prison and the Midlands Prison.
He also said that it was “entirely possible” for further localised restrictions to be implemented in the coming weeks and months, such as those brought in for Kildare, Laois and Offaly following a surge in cases in these counties.
Invitations to attend the meeting have been sent to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn, representatives from the HSE and all Laois-Offaly politicians.
Ireland’s health minister said he has had no conversations with his public health team about implementing other local lockdowns and the government’s intention remains to lift two-week restrictions in the counties of Kildare, Offaly and Laois.
Last month, localised restrictions were put into effect for Kildare, Offaly and Laois and there is a possibility that similar restrictions could be introduced in other areas as cases rise.
Neighbouring Offaly, which has a slightly smaller population, has 482 cases to date.
She believes the appointment of Offaly farmer Pippa Hackett by Eamon Ryan as a super junior minister is very significant.
Common combinations with offaly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and offaly 6×
- offaly and 5×
- in offaly 4×
- co offaly 3×
- laois offaly 3×
- county offaly 3×
- the offaly 3×
- offaly are 2×
- kildare offaly 2×
- offaly have 2×