Lanesborough
Lanesborough–Ballyleague, more commonly known simply as Lanesborough, is a town in the midlands of Ireland. Lanesborough is on the County Longford side and Ballyleague on the County Roscommon side of the River Shannon, at the northern tip of Lough Ree.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,450 residents
- Description: town in Leinster, Ireland
- Also known as: “Lanesborough–Ballyleague”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lough Ree Power Station.
Lough Ree Power Station
Industrial building
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Lough Ree Power Station was a large peat-fired power station in Lanesborough, in Ireland. The station generated up 100 MWe of power, ranking as the third largest peat-fired power station in the country after West Offaly Power Station at 150 MWe and Edenderry Power Station at 120 MWe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Killashee and Cloondara.
Killashee
Village
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Killashee is a village in County Longford, Ireland. It is situated on the N63 midway between Lanesborough and Longford, near the Royal Canal and 8 km east of the River Shannon. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Killashee is situated 7 km east of Lanesborough.
Cloondara
Village
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Cloondara is a small village in County Longford, Ireland. It is situated just off the N5 road near Termonbarry, where the Royal Canal terminates at the River Shannon. Cloondara is situated 9 km northeast of Lanesborough.
Tarmonbarry
Village
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Tarmonbarry, officially Termonbarry, is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. 8 km west of Longford town, it is on the River Shannon where it is crossed by the N5 road. Tarmonbarry is situated 9 km northeast of Lanesborough.
Lanesborough
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Longford, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.67285° or 53° 40′ 22″ northLongitude
-7.98958° or 7° 59′ 23″ westPopulation
1,450Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE LBHOpen location code
9C5JM2F6+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 52246057OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Lanesborough” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lanesborough–Ballyleague”
- Cebuano: “Lanesborough”
- Dutch: “Lanesborough-Ballyleague”
- Dutch: “Lanesborough–Ballyleague”
- Georgian: “ლეინსბორო-ბალილიგი”
- German: “Lanesborough”
- Irish: “Béal Átha Liag”
- Italian: “Lanesborough (Irlanda)”
- Italian: “Lanesborough”
- Russian: “Лейнсборо-Баллилиг”
- Spanish: “Lanesborough-Ballyleague”
- Swedish: “Lanesborough”
- Urdu: “لانیسبروگ–بیلی لیگ”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lanesborough”. Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.