West Offaly Power Station
West Offaly Power Station is an industrial building in County Offaly, Leinster. West Offaly Power Station is situated nearby to the power station Shannonbridge BESS, as well as near Shannonbridge B BESS.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include West Offaly Power Station and Clonfert Cathedral.
West Offaly Power Station
Power station
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The West Offaly Power Station was a large peat-fired 135 MW power station in Shannonbridge from 2005 to 2020, in Ireland. The station was capable of generating up to 153 MWe of power, thus ranking as the largest peat-fired power station in the country. West Offaly Power Station is situated 190 metres southeast of West Offaly Power Station.
Clonfert Cathedral
Church
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Clonfert Cathedral is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Clonfert, County Galway in Ireland. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Clonfert and then one of three cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Limerick and Killaloe, it is now one of five cathedrals in the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe. Clonfert Cathedral is situated 4 km south of West Offaly Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shannonbridge and Clonfert.
Shannonbridge
Village
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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.
Clonfert
Locality
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Clonfert is a small village in east County Galway, Ireland, halfway between Ballinasloe and Portumna. The village gives its name to the Diocese of Clonfert. Clonfert Cathedral is one of the eight cathedral churches of the Church of Ireland, Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe. Clonfert is situated 4 km south of West Offaly Power Station.
Old Town
Locality
Old Town is a small village in the townland of Cloonfad in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located on the R357 road between Ballinasloe, County Galway and Shannonbridge, County Offaly. Old Town is situated 7 km northwest of West Offaly Power Station.
West Offaly Power Station
- Type: Industrial building
- Categories: building and industry
- Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.27354° or 53° 16′ 25″ northLongitude
-8.04103° or 8° 2′ 28″ westHeight
60 metres (197 feet)Operator
ESB GroupOpen location code
9C5H7XF5+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 274895018OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrial
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