Guidebook for Longford
Sightseeing
Home of the Edgeworth family. Famous members of the family were novelist Maria, her father Richard Lovell an inventor and educator and the Abbe Edgeworth who was confessor to the French Royal Family.
Edgeworthstown
Home of the Edgeworth family. Famous members of the family were novelist Maria, her father Richard Lovell an inventor and educator and the Abbe Edgeworth who was confessor to the French Royal Family.
Corlea Iron Age Timber Roadway 148 BC • Sightseeing
The timber roadway is a wonderful piece of archeological history and so worth seeing including the surrounding bogland, flora and fauna.
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Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre
2 Cartron RdCorlea Iron Age Timber Roadway 148 BC • Sightseeing
The timber roadway is a wonderful piece of archeological history and so worth seeing including the surrounding bogland, flora and fauna.
Tullynally Castle
The castle dates back over 350 years. The Pakenhams (later Earls of Longford) settled here in the 17th century and three generations still live here as their family home.
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Tullynally Castle Gardens
Tullynally Castle
The castle dates back over 350 years. The Pakenhams (later Earls of Longford) settled here in the 17th century and three generations still live here as their family home.
Aghnacliff • Sightseeing
Proof that prehistoric man came to Longford some 5,500 years ago is in the megalithic tomb at Aughnacliffe.
Aghnacliff
Aghnacliff • Sightseeing
Proof that prehistoric man came to Longford some 5,500 years ago is in the megalithic tomb at Aughnacliffe.
Ardagh Heritage Village Swiss style ,where carefully tended gardens delight the eye. Ruins of an ancient eccleasiastical church founded by St Patrick in the 5th century. Location of famine burials.
Ardagh Village
Ardagh Heritage Village Swiss style ,where carefully tended gardens delight the eye. Ruins of an ancient eccleasiastical church founded by St Patrick in the 5th century. Location of famine burials.
Barley Harbour is a beautiful limestone harbour outside the village of Newtowncashel , South Longford, with views over Elfeet Bay and the Islands of Lough Ree.
Barley Harbour
Barley Harbour is a beautiful limestone harbour outside the village of Newtowncashel , South Longford, with views over Elfeet Bay and the Islands of Lough Ree.
Strokestown Park House, a Georgian Palladian mansion preserved with its original furnishings and fabrics plus a walled garden. The House was the family home of the Pakenham Mahon's.
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Strokestown Park and The Irish National Famine Museum
Strokestown Park House, a Georgian Palladian mansion preserved with its original furnishings and fabrics plus a walled garden. The House was the family home of the Pakenham Mahon's.
From the Boglands of County Longford comes the pretty village of Newtowncashel, winner twice of the “Best Village in Ireland” award and home to Casey's Bog Oak/Yew Sculptures Studio.
Newtowncashel
From the Boglands of County Longford comes the pretty village of Newtowncashel, winner twice of the “Best Village in Ireland” award and home to Casey's Bog Oak/Yew Sculptures Studio.
Ballinamuck is a small village in north Co Longford and It was the scene of the Battle of Ballinamuck, where a French army aiding the United Irishmen rebellion of 1798 was defeated.
Ballinamuck, Ballinamuck station
Ballinamuck is a small village in north Co Longford and It was the scene of the Battle of Ballinamuck, where a French army aiding the United Irishmen rebellion of 1798 was defeated.
Kenagh village is typically Irish in character (orig an estate village). The setting dominated by the elegant clock tower erected in memory of the Hon. Lawrence Harman King-Harman who died in 1875.
Keenagh
Kenagh village is typically Irish in character (orig an estate village). The setting dominated by the elegant clock tower erected in memory of the Hon. Lawrence Harman King-Harman who died in 1875.
Arts & Culture
Backstage Theatre & Centre for the
Arts features regular performances by professional companies of actors and musicians both national and international and specialises in Youth Theatre.
Backstage Theatre
Backstage Theatre & Centre for the
Arts features regular performances by professional companies of actors and musicians both national and international and specialises in Youth Theatre.
Everything Else
Abbeyshrule Airfield - popular location for light aircraft enthusiasts located outside the picturesque village of Abbeyshrule on the Royal Canal South Longford. Pleasure flights & flying lessons.
Abbeyshrule Aerodrome
Abbeyshrule Airfield - popular location for light aircraft enthusiasts located outside the picturesque village of Abbeyshrule on the Royal Canal South Longford. Pleasure flights & flying lessons.