Ferbane
Sign in to saveFerbane (; ) is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. It is on the north bank of the River Brosna, between Birr and Athlone at the junction of the N62 and R436 roads, 20 km south of Athlone. The name of the town is said to come from the white bog cotton which grows in the surrounding Bog of Allen.
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Key facts
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- Town
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- Ferbane
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- ga
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- Ireland
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- right
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- Location in Ireland
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- Irish Grid Reference
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- File:St Mary's Church Ferbane.jpg
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- Parochial Church of Ferbane, Boora and High Street
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- 50
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Offaly
- Elevation
- +50
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Ferbane, County Offaly - geograph.org.uk - 1837253.jpg
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- County Offaly
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Coole Castle
- Kilcolgan Castle (Court)
- Gallen Priory
- Education
- Community and sport
- Transport
- Amenity areas
- Library
- Notable people
- See also
- References
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Ferbane (; ) is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. It is on the north bank of the River Brosna, between Birr and Athlone at the junction of the N62 and R436 roads, 20 km south of Athlone. The name of the town is said to come from the white bog cotton which grows in the surrounding Bog of Allen.
Ireland's first milled-peat fired power station was commissioned by the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) at Ferbane in 1957. Since the station's closure in 2001, the Shannon Development agency and the ESB have invested €1.4 million in a new business and technology park which opened in 2005.