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About Banagher

Banagher, Beannchar in Irish, is a town in County Offaly, 71 km east of Galway. It stands on the R356, R439 and L3012. The map gives it 2,221 buildings and 36 named streets, with 56 places named on them in 51 kinds, and 72 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 5th largest of the 37 settlements this site covers in County Offaly.

Where
71 km east of Galway, 116 km from Dublin
Position
53.1899° N, 7.9869° W, 47 m above sea level
Area
1.8 km²
Roads
R356, R439, L3012, L3013 and L7017
Governed
Offaly County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
2,221 buildings, 36 streets, 56 named places in 51 kinds
Shannonbridge - Ireland
Shannonbridge - Ireland·Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Banagher Bridge crosses the River Shannon. The Shannon here is the Offaly-Galway border.
Banagher Bridge crosses the River Shannon. The Shannon here is the Offaly-Galway border.·RobertG216, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Offaly since 1841

Every census of the county, which is the only way to see what happened to rural Ireland: the fall from the Famine runs for a century, and the recovery is recent.

146,85751,30883,15018412022

Source: Central Statistics Office, table F1001 'Population at Each Census', read through the PxStat API, read 2026-09-20.

What to see

Closest to the centre first, with how far each one is.

All 72 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R356, R439, L3012, L3013 and L7017 running through Banagher.

By bus or train

2 lines call at 4 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

4 school or colleges on the map: Banagher College, Coláiste Na Sionna, Lusmagh National School, St. Rynagh's National School and Banagher Further Education and Training Centre.

Questions people ask

Where is Banagher?
In County Offaly, in the province of Leinster, 71 km east of Galway and 116 km from Dublin, on the R356, R439 and L3012.
How big is Banagher?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 2,221 buildings, 36 named streets and 56 named places, which by building count makes it the 5th largest of the 37 settlements this site covers in County Offaly.
What is there to see in Banagher?
72 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Corrigans Corner, Crank House and Fort Falkland.
How do you get to Banagher?
2 bus and train lines call at 4 stops here in the published timetable, run by TFI Local Link Laois Offaly.
Has County Offaly grown or shrunk?
The census counted 146,857 people in the county in 1841 and 83,150 in 2022.
2,221
buildings on the model
36
named streets
56
named places
51
kinds of place

Buildings, streets, places, roads and position are OpenStreetMap, counted by this site rather than quoted from anywhere. Population, elevation, area and twinning are structured claims on Wikidata (item Q2282869). County population is the Central Statistics Office. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable. Every sentence on this page is written from those numbers; none of it is copied from a description of the place.

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