Birds Island
Birds Island is an islet in County Offaly, Leinster. Birds Island is situated nearby to the islet Grant’s Island, as well as near Banagher Marina.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Esker Martello Tower and Lusmagh.
Esker Martello Tower
Photo: Brian Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Esker Martello Tower is situated 760 metres southwest of Birds Island.
Lusmagh
Church
Photo: Corcs999, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lusmagh is a civil parish in County Offaly, Ireland, bounded by three rivers: the Shannon, Lusmagh and Little Brosna to the west, east and south respectively. Lusmagh is situated 3½ km southwest of Birds Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Banagher and Shannon Harbour.
Banagher
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
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 3½ km northeast of Birds Island.
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 6 km northeast of Birds Island.
Birds Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: islet in Banagher, County Offaly, Ireland
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.19846° or 53° 11′ 55″ northLongitude
-7.98441° or 7° 59′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C5J52X8+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 65712514OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletWikidata ID
Q104256164
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