County Offaly which had declined following the Norman Conquest of Ireland. Both Laois (Leix) and Offaly (Uí Failghe) were petty kingdoms in Gaelic Ireland located just outside the Pale (a region around Dublin and the mid east of Ireland that remained loyal to the English Crown following the Norman Conquest). The older kingdoms of Leix and Uí Failghe are not coterminous with the present day counties that were formed. The Kingdom of Uí Failghe from which the name Offaly is derived, was ruled by the Ó Conchobhair Failghe (anglicised as: O'Conor Faly) whose territory extended from the east of the county into
2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 3-21 (30) Waterford : 0-18 (18) Wexford : 2-07 (13) Down : 2-22 (28) Louth : 0-15 (15) Limerick : 1-21 (24) Leitrim : 4-17 (29) Antrim : 2-13 (19) Wicklow : 3-13 (22) Longford : 0-20 (20) Derry : 0-18 (18) Offaly : 1-16 (19) Fermanagh : 2-14 (20) Westmeath : 2-19 (25) Carlow : 0-06 (06) Wicklow : 1-19 (22) Fermanagh : 2-18 (24) Westmeath : 0-14 (14) Cork : 2-13 (19) Longford : 2-08 (14) Clare : 3-09 (18) Leitrim : 1-19 (22) Laois : 0-19 (19) Kildare : 3-17 (26) Cavan : 2-13 (19) Waterford :