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County Offaly

Cloghan

Banagher is a town at the western edge of on the banks of the River Shannon. In Irish it's Beannchar na Sionna, "the place of the pointed rocks on the Shannon" - the river is shallow so it can be forded and is less flood-prone, but it's a block to navigation.
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  • Type: Town with 601 residents
  • Description: town in County Offaly, Leinster, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Cloghan, County Offaly” and “Cloghan, King’s County”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clonony and Belmont.

Locality
is a small village in , . It is noted for Castle, a late medieval tower house built in 1500. The village is between the and the Grand Canal, in the parish of Gallen and Reynegh. is situated 3 km west of Cloghan.

Village
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is a village in , . The village is located approximately 5 km west of and just north of the . The , just south of the village, is crossed by the mid-18th century Bridge. is situated 3½ km north of Cloghan.

Village
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Banagher is a town at the western edge of on the banks of the River Shannon. In Irish it's Beannchar na Sionna, "the place of the pointed rocks on the Shannon" - the river is shallow so it can be forded and is less flood-prone, but it's a block to navigation. is situated 4½ km west of Cloghan.

Cloghan

Latitude
53.22488° or 53° 13′ 30″ north
Longitude
-7.88258° or 7° 52′ 57″ west
Population
601
Elevation
56 metres (184 feet)
Open location code
9C5J64F8+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52233753
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2965436
Wiki­data ID
Q3776913
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Cloghan” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Cloghan (Offaly konderria)”
  • Basque: “Cloghan”
  • Chinese: “科洛格罕”
  • Dutch: “Cloghan”
  • German: “Cloghan”
  • Irish: “An Clochán”
  • Russian: “Клохан”
  • Spanish: “Cloghan”

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Highlights include Cloghan Hall and St Mary’s Church.

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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 Wikivoyage page “Cloghan”. Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.