County Longford

County Longford
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Basic data
Country:	Ireland
Administrative headquarters:	Longford
Province:	Leinster
Irish name:	To Longfort
Surface:	1,091 km²
Residents:	40,810 (2016)
License Plate:	LD

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


Longford coat of arms and flag

geography

Longford lies in the Central Irish Plain and is bounded to the west by the River Shannon , into which the rivers Camlin and Inny flow and which flows through Lough Ree to the south-west . In the northern part is Lough Gowna , which flows into the Erne .

There are some ridges with heights of less than 300 meters; the tallest of them is Carn Clonhugh with a height of 278 meters. About a fifth of the county's area is covered with moors .

history

The Corlea Trackway is an Iron Age boardwalk that crosses a moor near Kenagh . In the Middle Ages , Longford was part of the Kingdom of Meath . In 1569 the county was established.

economy

Agriculture consists mainly of cattle breeding and dairy farming . There is food and textile industries .

politics

The distribution of seats in the county council after the local elections on May 23, 2014:

Political party	Seats
Fine Gael	8th
Fianna Fáil	7th
Non-party	3

Longford, together with County Westmeath, forms a constituency that sends four members to the Irish Parliament ( Dáil Éireann ); in the last election in 2016, Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, Fine Gael and an independent candidate each won one seat.

Cities

Attractions

The portal tomb of Aghnacliff on the west side of Lough Gowna
Birrinagh's Tomb Portal is east of Lough Gowna
Longford Cathedral

Personalities

Padraic Colum (1881–1972), writer
Marguerite Donlon (* 1966), dancer, choreographer and ballet director
Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849), writer
Henry Hughes Wilson (1864–1922), General in World War I.

Web links

Longford County Council (English)
Longford Nature Resort (English)