- Address
- Shannon Harbour
- Type
- House
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14922002
Canal Bar
Shannon Harbour, Banagher
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Canal Bar
The National Inventory rates Canal Bar Regional, one of 31 in Banagher. Canal Bar dates from 1880–1920. 6 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Situated adjacent to both the Grand Canal and Griffith Bridge, Canal Bar has a dominant position within Shannon Harbour. This building retains many of its original features such as the timber sash windows.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14922002 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 14922002↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 3 historic places in about 5 minutes
Banagher · about 300 m on foot, as the crow flies















- 1Canal BarStart here
- 2The Harbour Master's HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Shannon Harbour BarracksRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Banagher Martello TowerRegional rating (NIAH)4.1 kmBanagher Billiard HallRegional rating (NIAH)4.2 km4 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
More houses on the record near Banagher
Gallen Priory in Ferbane is the nearest, at 9.6 km. All 6 are pictured and within 40 km. The farthest is Busherstown House in Moneygall, 36 km away.
Questions about Canal Bar
Is Canal Bar on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14922002).
Can you visit Canal Bar?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Canal Bar built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1880–1920.
Is Canal Bar protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).





