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Edenderry (; ) is a town in north County Offaly, Ireland. It is near the borders with Counties Kildare, Meath and Westmeath. The Grand Canal runs along the south of Edenderry, through the Bog of Allen, and there is a short spur to the town centre. The R401 road from Kinnegad to the north and the R402 from Enfield to the east meet at the northeastern end of the Main Street. At the Grand Canal they split, with the R402 continuing westwards towards Tullamore and the R401 heads south to Rathangan and Kildare Town. ==Employment== The town enjoyed some growth in the 1950s and 60's particularly with the building of peat burning power stations at Rhode, Allenwood and Portarlington by the Electricity Supply Board ESB. (Board Na Mona ) BNM built peat briquette factory's at lullymore and Mountlucas.In addition they also harvested on a seasonal basis peat at Derrygreenagh and lullymore, producing and harvesting machine turf at Rathangan. Most of these factory's and works are now closed. BNM has diversified with the harvesting of peat and a provider of Resource Recovery,Feedstock, Retail services, Environmental services and Power generation. The town could be classified as a dormitory town, where a high percentage of the available work force travel to jobs that require at least an hour's commuting time, Counties Dublin and Kildare being the primary destinations. This was evident around 2005 - 2008 when housing was in very high demand within the town, resulting in an unprecedented growth in population and housing Stock. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edenderry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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