Fishing near Banagher, Co. Offaly

Banagher sits on the River Shannon in County Offaly, at the heart of the Midlands coarse fishing country. The town is a long-established angling base, with the Shannon's slow, deep flows producing bream, roach, pike, perch, tench, rudd and hybrids through the surrounding callows and backwaters. Meelick Weir, just downstream, is one of the most talked-about pike swims in Ireland, while the Grand Canal at Shannon Harbour and the Brosna system add further variety within a short distance.