Web design · Lanesborough, Co. Longford
Web design in Lanesborough for businesses either side of the Shannon
Lanesborough and Ballyleague face each other across a single bridge over the River Shannon, one town in every practical sense split by a county line. I build fast, honest websites for the pubs, shops and boating businesses trading on both banks. Talk to me about your project.
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What I do
A website that works for a town split by a river
Lanesborough sits on the Longford bank of the Shannon, with Ballyleague facing it across the bridge in Roscommon, and locally the two are simply one town with two names. Good web design in Lanesborough has to be honest about that, built to reach the whole community, not pretend the county line matters to a customer walking across the bridge for a pint.
The businesses that do best here are the ones a boater on Lough Ree can find from the water, and the ones a local from either bank can find without a second thought. That means fast, clear, mobile-first sites that do not waste anyone's time, and that is what I build.
- Built to rank for the searches Lanesborough customers actually make
- Loads in well under a second on a phone
- Every page points towards getting in touch
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Get a straight answer about your Lanesborough website
Tell me a bit about your business. I'll come back with an honest take, what your site needs, and what it doesn't.
The Shannon bridge Web design in Lanesborough
The Lanesborough market, on both banks of the Shannon
Lanesborough and Ballyleague are joined by a single bridge over the Shannon, and while the town line technically splits the community between Longford and Roscommon, day to day it functions as one place with one set of pubs, shops and services shared across both banks. I build for the Longford side of that community, but always with the understanding that your real customer base includes the Roscommon bank too.
Lough Ree opens up just north of the town, and Lanesborough has long been a base for Shannon cruiser traffic, coarse angling and pike fishing that draws visitors from well beyond the county. A marina, boat hire and a run of pubs and B&Bs cater to that trade, and for these businesses a website that a boater can check from the water, opening hours, moorings, whether food is being served, is worth more than any amount of passing footfall.
The town's economic backbone for decades was the ESB power station, fired on local peat and a major local employer through the second half of the twentieth century. That plant has given way to a modern biomass facility on the same site, and while the jobs picture has changed, the shift is a reminder of why a local business benefits from being findable to a wide catchment rather than dependent on a single employer.
Main Street trade, the pubs, shops and takeaways serving both the Lanesborough and Ballyleague sides, relies on being genuinely easy to find for anyone searching from either bank, since a customer on the Roscommon side searching for a chipper or a pharmacy does not think in terms of county boundaries, only in terms of what is nearest and open.
Further along the Shannon corridor, Rooskey and Tarmonbarry share a similar cross-border character, and Newtowncashel sits inland on the Longford side, all part of a wider riverside catchment that a well-built local site can reach far beyond what the town's own population would suggest.
Serving: Ballyleague · Tarmonbarry · Rooskey · Newtowncashel · Lough Ree · Longford town
Fixed price, no lock-in
Fast, and yours to own
A lot of Lanesborough businesses have been quoted big agency prices for sites that are slow, generic, and effectively rented back to them month after month. I work differently: I build lean sites from scratch, never WordPress, so they're faster and safer, and if you ever want to add an online booking system or a private login area, it's built to grow without switching platform. The same approach I take to web design across Co. Longford.
Work with Dave directly Who you'll be working with
Direct, no agency layers
You deal with me, Dave, the person actually building your site, from the first call to launch and after. No agency layers, no handoffs, no account managers passing you around. If you already have a website that isn't performing, I'll give you an honest assessment before recommending anything, even when that costs me the work. The free website audit is the best place to start.
- One person, start to finish, no account managers
- Honest advice, even when it costs me the work
- You own everything when it's done, no lock-in
What's involved
What web design in Lanesborough involves
A river town with a shared community across two counties needs a site built around that reality. Here is where I focus.
Reaching both banks of the Shannon
A customer in Ballyleague searching for a pub, a shop or a service does not care which county it is registered in, only that it is close and open. I structure the site and its local SEO to be found from both sides of the bridge, rather than narrowly targeting only the Longford side of a community that has never really thought of itself as split.
Getting found by boaters on the water
Lough Ree brings a steady stream of cruiser and angling traffic through Lanesborough, and a lot of that trade is decided on a phone from the boat. I make sure your Google Business Profile and opening hours are accurate and easy to find, and build pages that answer the practical questions a boater actually has, moorings, food, fuel, before they ever tie up.
Fast, mobile-first pages for a river catchment
Whether someone is searching from a boat, a car passing through on the N63, or a house on the Roscommon side, the site needs to load fast and read clearly on a phone. I build on fast, modern foundations that stay quick under summer boating traffic without ever feeling sluggish the rest of the year.
A site you own outright
One fixed price agreed before we start, no monthly lock-in and no rented template. You own the domain, the design and the content when the build is finished, and the site is yours to take anywhere if you ever wanted to.
Across the county Across Co. Longford
Web design across Co. Longford
Lanesborough sits at the western edge of the county, where the Shannon rather than a road defines the local economy. Downriver, Kenagh sits close to the same stretch of water near the Corlea Trackway, and Ballymahon further east has its own new visitor economy built around Center Parcs Longford Forest.
Inland, the county town of Longford anchors the professional and retail base for the whole county, a different market entirely from a boating and angling town like this one. Each site is built for the place it actually serves, not a generic Longford template.
The wider list of towns I cover sits on the Longford web design hub, and a quick message is all it takes to start a conversation about your own.
Find your town:
- Ardagh
- Ballymahon
- Drumlish
- Edgeworthstown
- Granard
- Kenagh
- Lanesborough (you're here)
- Longford
- Newtownforbes
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One town, two counties, one bridge between them
A website built for the whole Lanesborough and Ballyleague community, not just one side of the Shannon.
Common questions
Web design in Lanesborough, the questions I get asked most
Can't see your question? Ask me directly, I reply to everything myself, usually within a few hours.
contactus@daveacoleman.com Ask me directlyDo you build websites for businesses on the Ballyleague side too?
Yes, and honestly it would be strange not to. Lanesborough and Ballyleague function as one community across the bridge, so a website built only for the Longford side would be ignoring half your actual customer base. I build the site around the whole community, not the county line running through the middle of it.
How much does a website for a Lanesborough business cost?
Most small business sites land in the low four figures as a fixed price agreed before I start. There is no monthly lock-in, and once the site is built you own it, the domain and the content outright, with no ongoing fee beyond low-cost hosting and your domain renewal.
Can boaters on Lough Ree actually find my business through the site?
That is exactly the aim for anyone trading near the water here. I make sure opening hours, moorings information and your Google listing are accurate and easy to check from a phone, so someone tying up for the evening can find you quickly rather than guessing whether you are open.
Will my site show up for searches from both counties?
Yes, that is built in deliberately. I structure the local SEO around the whole Lanesborough and Ballyleague community rather than narrowly targeting one county, since your real customers move freely across that bridge every day without a second thought.
Do I own the website when it is finished?
Completely. You own the domain, the design and the content outright, with no monthly lock-in and nothing tying you to me afterwards. If you ever wanted to move the site elsewhere, you could take the whole thing with you.
How long does it take to build?
A typical small business site takes a few weeks from our first proper conversation to going live. The main variable is how quickly you can get me your content and photos, and I will set out a clear timeline before any work starts.
How do I get started?
Get in touch and tell me a bit about your business and what you want the site to do. I will give you a straight, fixed price and a clear plan, with no obligation and no pressure to decide on the spot.
Let's get your Lanesborough business a website that brings in work
Whether you trade to boaters on Lough Ree, locals on either bank or visitors passing through, web design in Lanesborough should reach the whole community it actually serves. Fixed price, you own everything, no monthly lock-in. <a href="/contact">Get in touch</a> and let's talk about what would work for you.
