County Longford

Longford ( Irish: Longford ) is a county ( county ) in the Republic of Ireland.

Geography

Longford is located in the Central Irish level and is bounded to the west by the River Shannon, in the rivers and Camlin Inny lead here and Lough Ree flows through the southwest. In the northern part of Lough Gowna which flows into the Erne lies.

There are some ridges with heights of less than 300 meters; the highest of them is the Carn Clonhugh with a height of 278 meters. About one-fifth of the area of the county is covered with bogs.

History

The Corlea trackway is an Iron Age, boardwalks leading Kenagh in a bog. In the Middle Ages Longford belonged to the Kingdom of Meath. 1569, the county was founded.

Economy

Agriculture is the main thing from cattle rearing and dairy farming. There are food and textile industry.

Policy

Longford, together with the County Roscommon a constituency which sent four representatives to the Irish parliament ( Dáil Éireann ); The last election took place in 2011.

The distribution of seats in the County Council after the local elections of June 5, 2009:

Cities

Attractions

  • The portal tomb of Aghnacliff on the west side of Lough Gowna
  • Longford Cathedral

Personalities

Leinster River Inny, Westmeath River Erne Fine Gael Ardagh, County Longford Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet County Cavan County Clare County Cork County Donegal County Dublin Fingal South Dublin County Galway County Kerry County Kildare County Kilkenny County Laois County Leitrim County Limerick Limerick County Louth County Mayo County Meath County Monaghan County Offaly County Sligo County Tipperary County Waterford Waterford County Westmeath County Wexford County Wicklow
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