Ferbane
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"Coole Castle" redirects here. For the mansion in County Fermanagh, see Castle Coole.
Ferbane (/fɜːrˈbæn, fɛər-/; Irish: An Féar Bán)[2] 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.[3]
Quick Facts An Féar Bán (Irish), Country ...
Ferbane
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Coordinates: 53°16′14″N 7°49′42″W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Offaly |
Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
Population | 1,324 |
Irish Grid Reference | N114246 |
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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.[4]
More information Year, Pop. ...
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1821 | 594 | — |
1831 | 501 | −15.7% |
1841 | 515 | +2.8% |
1851 | 641 | +24.5% |
1861 | 445 | −30.6% |
1871 | 419 | −5.8% |
1881 | 388 | −7.4% |
1891 | 370 | −4.6% |
1901 | 320 | −13.5% |
1911 | 380 | +18.8% |
1926 | 307 | −19.2% |
1936 | 301 | −2.0% |
1946 | 312 | +3.7% |
1951 | 272 | −12.8% |
1956 | 708 | +160.3% |
1961 | 896 | +26.6% |
1966 | 1,078 | +20.3% |
1971 | 1,064 | −1.3% |
1981 | 1,402 | +31.8% |
1986 | 1,374 | −2.0% |
1991 | 1,285 | −6.5% |
1996 | 1,270 | −1.2% |
2002 | 1,198 | −5.7% |
2006 | 1,164 | −2.8% |
2011 | 1,165 | +0.1% |
2016 | 1,191 | +2.2% |
2022 | 1,324 | +11.2% |
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