Lemanaghan Castle
Lemanaghan Castle is a ruins in County Offaly, Leinster. Lemanaghan Castle is situated nearby to the museum Lemanaghan National School, as well as near the ruins House of Manchan.- Type: Ruins
- Description: ruined towerhouse in Lemanaghan, County Offaly
- Also known as: “Lemonaghan Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Manchan’s Well and Saint Mella’s Cell.
Saint Manchan’s Well
Spring
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Manchan’s Well is a spring, which is situated 150 metres southeast of Lemanaghan Castle.
Saint Mella’s Cell
Ruins
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Mella’s Cell is a ruins, which is situated 500 metres east of Lemanaghan Castle.
Saint Manchan’s Shrine
Saint Manchan's Shrine is a large 12th-century Irish house-shaped shrine dedicated to Manchán of Lemanaghan, now in Boher Roman Catholic Church, outside Ballycumber, County Offaly. Saint Manchan’s Shrine is situated 3½ km north of Lemanaghan Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pullough and Ballycumber.
Pullough
Village
Photo: Mickadoo, Public domain.
Pollagh, also spelled Pullough, is a village in County Offaly, Ireland, located in the midlands of Ireland. It is a rural village on the Grand Canal and lies between Ferbane and Tullamore. Pullough is situated 3 km southeast of Lemanaghan Castle.
Ballycumber
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Ballycumber is a village located where the R436 regional road crosses the River Brosna in County Offaly, Ireland. It is 5 km west of the town of Clara, on the western edge of Clara bog. Ballycumber is situated 5 km northeast of Lemanaghan Castle.
Ferbane
Town
Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Ferbane is situated 6 km southwest of Lemanaghan Castle.
Lemanaghan Castle
- Categories: tower house, castle, building, and historic site
- Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.29362° or 53° 17′ 37″ northLongitude
-7.74456° or 7° 44′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C5J77V4+C5OpenStreetMap ID
way 929019534OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q139980589
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lemanaghan National School and House of Manchan.
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