Daingean
Irish name: An Daingean
The old county town of King’s County, where the canal first opened in 1797, now a quiet stop with a canal-side fishing platform and an August raft race.
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About Daingean
Daingean was Philipstown, the county town of King’s County, from 1556 until Tullamore took over in 1835, and its courthouse is locally attributed to James Gandon. The canal opened to Philipstown in 1797, but breaches in the bog embankments forced a change of method, and boats only reached the Shannon in 1804. Today the canal passes right through the village, and anglers use the local fishing platform. The week-long Daingean Homecoming Festival in early August includes a raft race on the canal, and the trails of the Mount Lucas wind farm are a short drive away. Mooring arrangements here have not yet been checked by us.
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- Festival
Daingean Homecoming Festival
A week of village festivities in early August, including a raft race on the canal.
- Walk
Mount Lucas Wind Farm trails
Walking and cycling trails across the bog at the nearby wind farm.
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Other sources · Not known “Barge on Grand Canal Daingean Co .Offaly” by Kenneth Gallery Smyth · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “Molesworth Bridge, Daingean” by Royalcanalrunner · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “Bridge over the Grand Canal, Daingean, Co. Offally” by Dylan Moore · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded
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