Bannfoot

Bannfoot (Irish: Bun na Banna[1]) is a small village in the townland of Derryinver, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

The surrounding area was originally known as Bun na Banna, and this name has been adopted as the modern Irish for Bannfoot.

Brownlow, in sitting Charlestown at the mouth of the Bann, was relying on the continued commercial success of the water routes which criss-crossed the southern part of the Lough.

A permanent bridge over the river at the Bannfoot was to be an integral part of the Charlestown development for Brownlow as it would have been the first proper link between his Montaighs and Richmond Estates.

A coach drawn by 6 horses would cost 1s 6d, a carriage and one horse would be 0s 3d and one man, woman or child would be charged a halfpenny[5] A ferry was operated by the Wilson family for most of the 20th century, but it no longer exists, and a bridge has never been constructed across the river, but there have been calls for a bicycle and pedestrian bridge as a means of boosting tourism.

Bannfoot Orange Hall