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==Etymology== There are more than twenty places in Ireland called Banagher or a version thereof. Banagher can be derived as the anglicised version of the Irish 'Beannchor' or 'Beannchar'. Most Irish placenames relate to topographical features and this is the case with 'Beannchor' - in this sense 'beann' refers to or means a 'peak' or 'top' and is widely used in the names of hills and mountains while 'cor' also appears in numerous placenames and refers to or means a rounded or curved hill, such as Cor Hill, Cormore, Corbeg Corbane and many others.<ref>Banagher.ie website</ref> A related interpretation uses the Irish form in its two-word version, understood in English as "the place of the pointed rocks on the Shannon".<ref>Trodd, Valentine, 1985, ''Banagher on the Shannon β A Historical Guide to the Town'', p.5.</ref>
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