Brosna An Bhrosnach | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 52°59′29″N7°53′17″W / 52.9913°N 7.8881°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | Offaly |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Brosna (Irish : An Bhrosnach) [1] is a small village and townland in County Offaly, Ireland. It lies in the valley of the Little Brosna River less than one kilometer off the N62 national secondary road. As of the 2011 census, Brosna townland had a population of 31 people. [2] The area takes its named from the Little Brosna River, which flows through the townland. [1]
Brosna House, an early 19th-century two-storey house located at the roadside, is listed as being of architectural interest. [3] A late 19th-century cast iron water pump also stands in the village. [4]
Gloster House hotel and wedding venue is also located in the area. [5] [6]
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Derrinsallow is a townland in the historical Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located North-West of Birr on the south-west bank of the Little Brosna River within the civil parish of Dorrha. The Little Brosna River provided power to the 19th century corn mills at Derrinsallow which although now in ruins are mentioned in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. The mill race is a popular fishing area. A triple arched limestone bridge from the 19th century crosses the river here.
Victoria Lock, also known as Meelick Lock, is the first lock on the River Shannon upstream of Lough Derg, it is situated between Meelick, County Galway and Clonahenoge, County Offaly where the Little Brosna River enters the Shannon. It is very near the tripoint where the provinces of Munster, Leinster and Connacht meet. The lock is of architectural and technical interest and is listed on the Nation Inventory of Architectural Heritage, the dimensions are 142 ft x 40 ft. Thomas Rhodes on the instructions of the Shannon Commissioners constructed the lock in the 1840s as part of a widescale upgrade of the Shannon Navigation. The lock is still in use today by pleasure craft, both private and fleets of rental cruisers who use the River Shannon and the connecting canals. A second lock, Hamilton Lock is also located nearby but is now disused.
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Sharavogue is a townland in the historical Barony of Clonlisk, County Offaly, Ireland. It is a rural area located near the junction of the N52 road and the R492 between Roscrea and Birr. The Little Brosna River flows under Sharavogue bridge.
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Gloster House is a Georgian-Palladian country house operating as a hotel and wedding venue near Brosna, County Offaly, Ireland. The house has been attributed by the architectural historian, Maurice Craig to the architect Edward Lovett Pearce who was a cousin of the owner, Trevor Lloyd, at the time the main house was constructed around 1720.
Brosna, Shinrone, Co. Offaly [..] Townlands [..] 2011 [..] Population: 31