Tullamore
Town in County Offaly, Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tullamore (/ˈtʊləˌmɔːr/; Irish: Tulach Mhór, meaning 'great mound') is the county town of County Offaly in Ireland. It is on the Grand Canal, in the middle of the county, and is the fourth most populous town in the Midlands Region, with 15,598 inhabitants at the 2022 census.[1]
Tullamore
Tulach Mhór | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 53.2667°N 7.5000°W / 53.2667; -7.5000 | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | Offaly |
Elevation | 73 m (240 ft) |
Population | 15,598 |
Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
Eircode routing key | R35 |
Telephone area code | +353(0)57 |
Irish Grid Reference | N335248 |
The town retained Gold Medal status in the National Tidy Town Awards in 2015 and also played host to the World Sheep Dog Trials in 2005, which attracted international interest in the region. The Tullamore Show is held near the town every year. The town's most famous export is Tullamore Dew – an Irish whiskey distilled by Tullamore Distillery – that can be traced back to 1829. The original distillery was shut down in 1954. The brand was later resurrected, but at first was produced at the Midleton Distillery in Cork. However, in 2014, the brand's new owners, William Grant & Sons, invested in a new distillery near Tullamore, bringing whiskey production back to the town.[2]