Longford (town) Travel Guide â Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in county Longford, Ireland
About Longford (town)
Longphortmeans "ship's port" yet Longford is far from the sea, and some distance from the navigable River Shannon - its tributary the Camlin flows through town but isn't suitable for anything much bigger than a kayak. The name originally applied to Viking settlements, which always had boat access, but it became adopted into Irish as the name for any large settlement. This place was sometimes distinguished asLongfort UĂ Fhearghail- Longford O'Farrell, for the local rulers. The O'Farrells ruled a small state that resisted the expansion of Norman Leinster, so Longford never acquired the stout walls, bastions and abbeys of the Norman cities. It was simply a provincial market and light industrial town, growing slowly from 1855 when the railway arrived, and in 2022 it had a population of about 1
Top Attractions in Longford (town)
Explore the best things to see and do in Longford (town):
- â Corlea Trackway
- â St Mel's Cathedral
Where to Stay in Longford (town)
- đ¨Augherea House
- đ¨Keenan's Hotel
- đ¨Longford Arms Hotel
- đ¨Viewmount House
Longford (town) Travel Guide Sections
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