BROWSE
townland
Banagher
(English)

Centrepoint

53.944, -7.2826latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1660c.
Bannagh
BSD (Ca) Leathanach: 258
1664
Conagher?
HMR (Ca)
1836
Beannchair, 'a pointed hill'
OD:AL Leathanach: Ca015,11
1836
Bannagher
BS:AL Leathanach: Ca015,11
1836
Bannagher
BM:AL Leathanach: Ca015,11
1836
Banagher
CM:AL Leathanach: Ca015,11
1836
Banaher
TAB Leathanach: Ca015,11
1836
Banagher More and Beg
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Ca015,11
1836
Banagher
OD:AL Leathanach: Ca015,11
1836
Bea//nachar
"small" [pl];
pl:AL Leathanach: Ca015,11
1836
Bean-achadh
pl:AL Leathanach: Ca015,11
1836
[Banagher]
"There are two circles in this townland slightly raised about 2 feet above the level of the ground. The most westward is about 1 chain diameter the other about 2. There is a fort, now converted into a garden, near the larger circle. In the centre of the large circle is a small eminence on which stands the remains of a druid's altar. About 10 chains distant is another of those altars. Some say that these circles are burying grounds, but from the hill being nothing more than a huge rock appearing in many places above the surface, and the greatest depth of soil only 8 inches, completely does away the assertion." [Desc. Rem.];
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Ca015,11

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