Cuba Court
Cuba Court, now demolished, was built around 1730 for George Fraser former Governor of Cuba. The 1629 Charter of Charles I gave Banagher a Royal Free School which was located
The Bridge
The 7 arched bridge was completed between 1841 and 1843. It forms a county boundary line between Offaly and Galway and a provincial boundary line between Leinster and Connacht. A
Fort Falkland
Fort Falkland was built about 1624. It was called after Henry Cary, Lord Falkland who had come to Ireland as Lord Deputy in 1622. The building was strengthened in the
Anthony Trollope
Banagher’s greatest literary association is probably with Anthony Trollope, who became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. He was also the inventor of the
Charlotte Bronte
Famous author Charlotte Bronte would have made many visits to Banagher with her husband Rev Arthur Bell Nicholls. Rev Nicholls settled in Hill House following his wifes passing and maintained
Martello Tower
The British authorities in Ireland feared an invasion by Napoleon and so between 1804 and 1815 they built about 50 Martello Towers mostly around the coast. This tower is one