Banagher & Around

Introducing Banagher & Around

Pastel-fronted vintage buildings march down Banagher’s long main street to the banks of the River Shannon. It’s popular with boaters, thanks to the modern marina. The town is pretty laid-back but has some impressive fortifications on the west bank of the river and some bits of literary history.

Charlotte Brontë had her honeymoon in Banagher in 1854 – no one links her untimely death nine months later to the place. Thirteen years earlier, Anthony Trollope, fresh from inventing the pillarbox, took up a job as a post-office clerk in the village; in his spare time he managed to complete his first novel, The Macdermots of Ballycloran.

Last updated: Feb 17, 2009