Former Shannonbridge Power Station Site

Former Shannonbridge Power Station Site is in Ireland. Former Shannonbridge Power Station Site is situated nearby to West Offaly Power Station, as well as near the power station Shannonbridge BESS.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include West Offaly Power Station and Clonfert Cathedral.

West Offaly Power Station

Power station

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

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.

Clonfert Cathedral

Church

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

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 3½ km south of Former Shannonbridge Power Station Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shannonbridge and Clonfert.

Shannonbridge

Village

Photo: DaHuzyBru, 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.

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 Former Shannonbridge Power Station Site.

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 Former Shannonbridge Power Station Site.

Former Shannonbridge Power Station Site

Type: Brownfield land
Category: industry
Location: Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.27221° or 53° 16′ 20″ north

Longitude

-8.03938° or 8° 2′ 22″ west

Open location code

9C5H7XC6+V6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 444786719

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=brownfield

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