Banagher Shannon Bank Park

26/05/2026

⚠️ PLEASE RESPECT OUR POOL ⚠️

We love seeing the pool so well-used during this beautiful weather! However, this is what volunteers found yesterday evening - litter across the park, vandalised pods, and worst of all, life buoys interfered with. 💔

This is a FREE community facility that we all worked so hard to create together. All we ask is that you enjoy it and leave no trace.

Please:
✅ Take your rubbish home
✅ Don’t vandalise equipment or signage
✅ Leave life-saving equipment alone
✅ Respect the space for everyone

Our pool and park is a family friendly amenity that is open to everyone - let’s all do our part to take care of it! 🏊‍♀️

Share this message widely - it’s disheartening to see our community facility treated this way after all the effort that went into creating it.

Thank you to everyone who respects and cares for Shannon Bank Park! 🙏

24/04/2026

23/04/2026

🏊‍♀️ Huge thanks to everyone who attended the official opening of Banagher Open Water Pool today! What a day to celebrate this amazing community achievement! 💙

If you couldn’t make it, please see the coverage here:
🔗 https://www.offalyindependent.ie/2026/04/23/banagher-open-water-pool-officially-opened/

🔗 rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0423/1569739-floating-swimming-pool-offaly/

We’re looking forward to meeting everyone at the pool throughout the summer - hopefully it gets lots of use! 🌊

Don’t forget our big community opening celebration takes place on the That Beats Banagher festival weekend (24-26th July)! 🎪

20/04/2026

🎉 OFFICIAL OPENING! 🎉
Join us for the official opening of Banagher Open Water Pool on Thursday 23rd April at 11am at Shannon Bank Park! 🏊‍♀️
Made possible by the Fáilte Ireland EU Just Transition Fund, and YOUR amazing community fundraising! 💙

📍 Shannon Bank Park, Banagher
🗓️ Thursday 23rd April 2026
⏰ 11am

Sponsored nameplates are near completion and will be displayed during our community opening as part of the That Beats Banagher festival (24th-26th July 2026)!

09/01/2026

🧠 TABLE QUIZ TONIGHT! 🧠

Offaly Search and Rescue Dive Team are hosting a table quiz tonight at Corrigans Corner House, Banagher at 8pm.

These volunteers are always first to help our community - from the Christmas Day Swim to our charity events, as well as their essential search and recovery work.

💰 €40 per table of 4 (Students €20)
🎁 Spot prizes

Please come along and support, or share to help spread the word! 🙏

28/09/2025

🏊‍♀️ FIRST SWIMMERS ARE BACK! 🏊‍♀️

Great morning in Shannon Bank Park as our new state-of-the-art pool opens - all thanks to the EU Fáilte Ireland Just Transition Fund and YOUR amazing fundraising efforts! 💙

🏊‍♀️ Please join us this morning for your first dip in the new pool! 🏊‍♂️

To celebrate we have sponsored teas and coffees €1 from Martello Coffee ☕

Sunday wellness sessions return also with sauna, reflexology and yoga in the park this morning!

Some areas are cordoned off as grass seed is freshly sown so please follow the signs! 🌱

Please spread the word! 📢

27/09/2025

🏊‍♀️ TOMORROW’S THE DAY! 🏊‍♀️

Shannon Bank Park reopens tomorrow morning with our new state-of-the-art pool open to the public - all thanks to the EU Fáilte Ireland Just Transition Fund and YOUR amazing fundraising efforts! 💙

🏊‍♀️ Please join us tomorrow morning for your first dip in the new pool! 🏊‍♂️

To celebrate we will have sponsored teas and coffees €1 from Martello Coffee ☕

Sunday wellness sessions return also with sauna, reflexology and yoga!

Some areas are cordoned off as grass seed is freshly sown so please follow the signs! 🌱

Can’t wait to see you all tomorrow. Please spread the word! 📢

19/09/2025

🏊‍♀️ UPDATE: New Opening Date 🏊‍♀️

Due to weather conditions delaying progress with groundworks, Shannon Bank Park (and pool!) will now reopen on Sunday 28th September.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused - it will be worth the wait! 💙

Please spread the word! 📲

04/09/2025

🏊‍♀️ Hello new pool!

⚠️ IMPORTANT REMINDER: Shannon Bank Park and Pool are completely closed to the public until 22nd September as groundworks and construction of the new access ramp to the pool continues.

The best view of the new pool is from Banagher Bridge, so please do not try to gain access to Shannon Bank Park. We can’t wait to welcome you back to enjoy this amazing new facility! The wait will be worth it! 💙