Shannonbridge

Shannonbridge Droichead na Sionainne Shannonbridge
Coordinates	53 ° 17 ′  N , 8 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 53 ° 17 ′  N , 8 ° 3 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Ireland
province	Leinster
county	Offaly
height	38 m
Residents	175 (2016)
Bridge over the Shannon

Shannonbridge ( Irish Droichead na Sionainne ) is a small town in the townland of Raghra (Irish Reachra ) in Ireland . It has 175 inhabitants (as of 2016) and is located in County Offaly on the Shannon . About ten kilometers north of Shannonbridge is the famous Clonmacnoise monastery complex .

Shannonbridge has one of the oldest bridges in Ireland still in use today. It was completed in 1757 and spans the Shannon. During the Napoleonic era , the town was heavily fortified by the British. Some sections of these fortifications on the west bank of the Shannon can still be seen today, including a fort that is now used as a restaurant.

A few kilometers downstream is the West Offaly power plant , which is heated with peat . It has an output of 125 megawatts. The peat comes from the Blackwater Bog peatlands , which can be reached by narrow-gauge railway.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• George Brent (1899–1979), Irish-American actor

Web links

Commons : Shannonbridge  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Shannonbridge on citypopulation.de, accessed on July 22, 2018