Ferbane
Local name: An Féar Bán
Located in County Offaly, Leinster Coordinates: 53°16′10″ N 7°49′37″ W
- Population
- 1,165
- 1.2K
- Elevation
- 44 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/Dublin · UTC+00:00
About Ferbane
Ferbane is a village. Location: County Offaly, Leinster. Population: 1,165. Elevation: 44 m.
Ferbane (; Irish: An Féar Bán) 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.
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In comparison
- No. 6 of 27 places in County Offaly by population
- Nearest larger town: Banagher, 14 km SW
- 19 sights and natural places within 10 km Gallen Priory, Endrim Hill
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Gallen Priory Attraction, County Offaly0.8 km S
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Cor Hill Mountain, County Offaly5.1 km N
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Esker Hill Mountain, County Offaly7 km NW
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Cocta Hill Mountain, County Offaly7.1 km E
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Endrim Hill Mountain, County Offaly3.7 km NW
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Silver River River, County Offaly3.8 km SE
Sources & licences
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