Banagher

Banagher is a city in Republic of Ireland, placed inside the midlands at the western fringe of County Offaly within the province of Leinster, at the banks of the River Shannon. The name Banagher comes from its Irish call, which interprets to English as "the area of the pointed rocks on the Shannon. Banagher became a city of 3,000 people at the peak of its economic boom within the mid-nineteenth century. The modern-day population is ready 1,600 Banagher has an crucial strategic position on the River Shannon, and turned into long one of the few crossing points among the provinces of Leinster and Connacht. It for this reason have become a herbal consciousness for lots tremendous ancient buildings, which includes a 19th-century Martello Tower and a number of essential castles around the city, which were constructed inside the 14th and 15th centuries. It is concept that St.

Rynagh who founded Banagher and after whom the parish is called was a sister of St. Finnian of Clonard. According to research, they got here from an area near New Ross in County Wexford. It is thought that contact turned into maintained among Rynagh's Wexford home and her basis at Banagher; and her mother got here to stay there. It is recorded that Reynagh's mother, Talech, or Talacia, have become Abbess of the Banagher convent. The dying of St. Finnian is assigned to 563, however there does not appear to be any authoritative declaration as to the date of St. Rynagh's death, even though consistent with St. Rynagh's Parish Church in Banagher, St. Rynagh died approximately 610.