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Aerial view of the stone arches of Banagher Bridge over the Shannon, with rows of cruisers in the marina beside it and green countryside beyond.
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Town Co. Offaly

Banagher

Beannchar

The Middle Shannon’s hire-boat town: a busy marina below the main street, two hire bases, a famous singing pub and Napoleonic forts at the bridge.

  • Public
  • No shore power
  • Pump-out
  • Not yet checked: berths, water, fuel and price

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Banagher Marina

Public

Marina · open to all boats

Current availability unknown

Report space · Seven-day history
Shore power
No
Pump-out
Yes

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About this mooring

Max. stay: Up to 5 days in a row or 7 days in a month, all year unless you have a winter mooring

Public marina below the town on the Offaly bank, shared with the hire fleets; pump-out, no shore power.

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Mooring limit: 5 days in a row, 7 days a month

Public moorings on the Shannon Navigation and the Shannon–Erne Waterway: at the same public harbour for at most 5 days in a row, or 7 days in total in any month, all year round. A longer stay in winter (1 November to 31 March) needs a winter mooring from Waterways Ireland. Boater information from Waterways Ireland

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2 hire companies · 3 itineraries
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Call 112 or 999 and ask for the Coast Guard. Both numbers work in Ireland and in Northern Ireland.

About Banagher

Banagher grew up where an esker ridge made the Shannon easy to cross, and it is still a river town at heart. The marina lies just below the main street on the Offaly bank, beside the 1840s bridge; Waterways Ireland lists toilets, showers, a pump-out and a slipway here, but no shore power. Silverline Cruisers and Carrickcraft both hire out cruisers from the marina. JJ Hough’s on Main Street is known for its music, and the family-run Flynn’s has been serving the town for more than a century. Fort Eliza on the Offaly side, and Cromwell’s Castle and a Martello tower on the Galway bank, guarded the crossing in Napoleon’s time. Anthony Trollope lived here from 1841 to 1844 and began his first novel in the town. The open-water pool that floats in the river reopened in April 2026 after a rebuild, and Shannon Harbour is about 3 km upstream.

Eat & drink 2

Pub

JJ Hough’s Singing Pub

Old Main Street pub famous for its live music and singing sessions; a favourite evening stop for boaters, named by Lonely Planet among Ireland’s best pubs.

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Things to do 6

Services

  • Pump-out
  • Showers Local council
  • Slipway
  • Toilets Local council

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≈ distances are computed along the water, not along the marked channel. Times are our estimate: 7.5 km/h and 15 minutes a lock. Check the Waterways Ireland marine notices

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