Banagher
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.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Esker Martello Tower and Lusmagh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shannon Harbour and Clonony.
Shannon Harbour
Village
Clonony
Locality
Clonony is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland. Clonony is situated 7 km northeast of Banagher.
Banagher
- Type: Town with 1,760 residents
- Description: town in Leinster, Republic of Ireland
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.1899° or 53° 11′ 24″ north
Longitude
-7.9869° or 7° 59′ 13″ west
Population
1,760
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IE BGR
Open location code
9C5J52Q7+X7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Banagher” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Banagher”
- Cebuano: “Banagher”
- Dutch: “Banagher”
- Esperanto: “Banagher”
- French: “Banagher”
- German: “Banagher”
- Hausa: “Banaher”
- Irish: “Beannchar, Contae Uíbh Fhailí”
- Irish: “Beannchar”
- Italian: “Banagher”
- Polish: “Banagher”
- Russian: “Банахер”
- Spanish: “Banagher”
- Swedish: “Banagher”
- Urdu: “باناگھر”
- “Banagher”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: West End and Lusmagh.
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Worth a closer look: Tullamore and Clonmacnoise.
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