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Longford
County Longford is a small midland county in the province of Leinster The area of the county is 269 408 statute acres Situated in the basin of the River Shannon and the upper catchment area of the ...
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Geology
The geology of the county can be divided in two a northern upland region with older Ordovician and Silurian rocks of slate shale sandstone and greywacke about 450 to 420 million years old In the ...
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Buildings and Monuments
Land was purchased by the Commissioners of Barracks from the then Lord Longford on the 7 July 1774 The compound comprised the Castle Market House and a plot of land It was known as the Cavalry or ...
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Towns
Longford Irish an Longfort is the county town of Co Longford It is built on the banks of the River Camlin cam líne crooked line a tributary of the River Shannon According to the 2011 census Longford ...
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Custom House
The Custom House in Dublin is located on the northern banks of the River Liffey It is currently the home to the Department of Environment Heritage and Local Government Some of the features found here ...
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People
A list of famous persons associated with the county is necessarily selective John Desmond Bernal 1901 71 Nenagh born scientist and communist activist Charles Bianconi 1786 1875 Italian born transport ...
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Writers and Scholars
Sweet Auburn loveliest village of the plain the words of Oliver Goldsmith poet playwright and essayist who was born in Pallas near the town of Ballymahon in County Longford 1728 1774 His father was ...
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Roche Castle, like its sister castle at Carlingford, were both built by the Anglo-Normans as part of the process of taming and colonizing north Louth in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Striking and powerful, it commands a pass northwards and affords wonderful views over the surrounding country.



