Newtown
Newtown is a locality in County Offaly, Leinster. Newtown is situated nearby to the locality Oldstreet, as well as near Carrick.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Derrinlough briquette factory.
Derrinlough briquette factory
The Derrinlough briquette factory was a briquette manufacturing facility in County Offaly, Ireland, opened in 1957. It ceased production on 26 May 2023. Derrinlough briquette factory is situated 2½ km south of Newtown.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clonony and Shannon Harbour.
Clonony
Locality
Clonony is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland. It is noted for Clonony Castle, a late medieval tower house built in 1500. The village is between the River Brosna and the Grand Canal, in the parish of Gallen and Reynegh. Clonony is situated 4 km northwest of Newtown.
Shannon Harbour
Village
Photo: Royalcanalrunner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Banagher is a town at the western edge of County Offaly 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. Shannon Harbour is situated 4½ km west of Newtown.
Belmont
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belmont is a village in County Offaly, Ireland. The village is located approximately 5 km west of Ferbane and just north of the Grand Canal. The River Brosna, just south of the village, is crossed by the mid-18th century Belmont Bridge. Belmont is situated 5 km north of Newtown.
Newtown
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.20727° or 53° 12′ 26″ northLongitude
-7.88588° or 7° 53′ 9″ westElevation
53 metres (174 feet)Open location code
9C5J6447+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 52259866OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
3313262
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