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The Banagher Improvement Committee was involved in the development of public housing, drainage and sanitation, local industries, electricity supply and street lightning, employment schemes, local infrastructure and the revival of Banagher Great Fair.

The Banagher Local War Pensions Committee was established under the national Naval and War Pensions Committee.

Parish councils were based on Roman Catholic parishes and were operating during the Second World War Emergency.
They were set up by Muintir na Tíre ( "People of the Country" - national voluntary organisation promoting community development) as an urgent initiative to deal with the threat of foreign invasion, food shortages and unemployment.

The Committee had been established during World War I to support Belgian refugees with accommodation and financial assistance after the German invasion into Belgium.