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County Offaly (Irish: Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Leinster. Formed in 1556 by Mary I of England during one of the Plantations of Ireland, it was originally named King’s County, after King Phillip II of Spain and the county town was Daingean until the eighteenth century. The main town is the county town, Tullamore.