Ballinahown
Ballinahown, also spelled Ballynahown, is a village in County Westmeath in Ireland. On the N62 road, it is 10 km south of Athlone and 5 km east of the River Shannon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Doon Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Doon and Castledaly.
Doon
Hamlet
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Doon is a small village in the north-west corner of County Offaly, Ireland. The Doon landscape is dominated by the ruins of the castle of Esker, which stands on a sandy ridge north of Doon crossroads. Doon is situated 2½ km southeast of Ballinahown.
Castledaly
Village
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Castledaly is a village and electoral district in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is 5 km southwest of Moate and 11 km east of Athlone, on the R444 road. Castledaly is situated 4½ km northeast of Ballinahown.
Ferbane
Town
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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. Ferbane is situated 9 km south of Ballinahown.
Ballinahown
- Type: Village
- Description: town in Leinster, Ireland
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Westmeath, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.35041° or 53° 21′ 2″ northLongitude
-7.84903° or 7° 50′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C5J9522+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 32854991OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q4076778
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Ballinahown” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ballinahown”
- Dutch: “Ballinahown”
- Irish: “Baile na hAbhann, Contae na hIarmhí”
- Irish: “Baile na hAbhann”
- Irish: “Buaile na hAbhann”
- Russian: “Баллинахаун”
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