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Longford
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Town | |
  Longford Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°43′37″N 7°48′00″W / 53.727°N 7.800°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Longford |
| Elevation | 72 m (236 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Rank | 46th |
| • Urban | 10,952 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | N39 |
| Telephone area code | 043 |
| Irish Grid Reference | N135750 |
| Website | www |
Longford (Irish: An Longfort) is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It had a population of 10,952 at the 2022 census.[1] It is the biggest town in the county and about one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meeting of Ireland's N4 and N5 roads, which means that traffic travelling between Dublin and County Mayo, or north County Roscommon passes around the town. Longford railway station, on the Dublin-Sligo line, is used heavily by commuters.
History
[edit]The town is built at a fording point on the banks of the River Camlin (from Irish Camlinn, meaning 'crooked pool'), which is a tributary of the River Shannon. According to several sources, the name Longford is an Anglicization of the Irish Longphort, referring to a fortress or fortified house.[2][3]
The area came under the sway of the local clan which controlled the south and central County Longford (historically called Anghaile or Annaly) and hence, the town was known as Longfort Uí Fhearghail (fort/stronghold of O'Farrell).[4]
A Dominican priory was founded there in 1400. St. John's Church of Ireland (formerly known as Templemichael Parish Church) was built on the site of the priory in 1710.[5]
In 1605, King James I granted Baron Delvin (Sir Richard Nugent) the right to hold a Thursday market, a fair in August, and the related baronial courts in Longford/Annaly.[6]
In 1815, the Longford Cavalry Barracks was established by the British Army in the town.[7]
A spur of the Royal Canal, linking the main canal to Longford town was completed in 1831.[8] Construction on the Royal Canal had begun in May 1790 and concluded in 1817 with the successful joining of Dublin with the River Shannon at Cloondara, County Longford, but had bypassed Longford town itself.[9][8]
From at least the 1830s, The Royal Canal Company offered cheap fares on night boats along the canal for passengers wishing to get from Longford to Dublin, and vice versa.[10] The Irish Waterways History website describes the conditions under which the night boat service operated in the late 1830s: "From 1838 the night boat from Dublin left at two o'clock each afternoon; the boat from Longford left at half-past two. The night boat schedule was arranged to allow links with Charles Bianconi's cars, which linked Longford with Carrick-on-Shannon, Boyle and Sligo".[10][11] The journey from Dublin to Longford by boat took 17 hours.[10] In November 1845, one of the night boats sank en route to Longford on the outskirts of Dublin, killing 15 people.[12][13]
In February 1922, following Irish independence, the Cavalry Barracks in Longford were handed over to the Irish Free State and renamed Connolly Barracks after Sean Connolly, an Irish republican.[14]
Places of interest
[edit]Located to the south of Longford, in Keenagh, is the visitor centre of the Corlea Trackway. It houses a preserved 18-metre stretch of Iron Age bog road, which was built in c. 148 BC. There are also a number of portal dolmens located around Longford.
Longford is the cathedral town of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise. St Mel's Cathedral,[15] dedicated to Saint Mel, the founder of the diocese of Ardagh, was built between 1840 and 1856. It was designed by architect John Benjamin Keane and features several stained glass windows by Harry Clarke studios. These include one of Clarke's earliest works, The consecration of St. Mel as Bishop of Longford, which was exhibited at the RDS Annual Art Industries Exhibition in 1910, where it received second prize. The cathedral was extensively damaged in a fire on Christmas Day 2009.[16] It remained closed for five years after the fire, while it was the centre of one of the largest restoration projects undertaken in Europe.[17] It reopened for services at midnight mass on Christmas Eve 2014.[18]
Longford town has a 212-seat theatre called Backstage Theatre just outside of the town, and a four-screen multiplex cinema, with restaurants. The Irish Prison Service HQ, which is in the Lisnamuck area of the town, has a sculpture by artist Remco de Fouw, which is one of the largest pieces of sculpture in Ireland.[citation needed]
In a 2003 Guardian article about Patrick McCabe, Longford's "features of distinction" are described as including "a hulking cathedral, a rash of fast-food joints, a grubby cinema and a shopping mall".[19]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1813 | 3,062 | — |
| 1821 | 3,783 | +23.5% |
| 1831 | 4,516 | +19.4% |
| 1841 | 4,966 | +10.0% |
| 1851 | 4,467 | −10.0% |
| 1861 | 4,819 | +7.9% |
| 1871 | 4,375 | −9.2% |
| 1881 | 4,380 | +0.1% |
| 1891 | 3,827 | −12.6% |
| 1901 | 3,747 | −2.1% |
| 1911 | 3,760 | +0.3% |
| 1926 | 3,685 | −2.0% |
| 1936 | 3,807 | +3.3% |
| 1946 | 4,020 | +5.6% |
| 1951 | 3,845 | −4.4% |
| 1956 | 4,167 | +8.4% |
| 1961 | 4,073 | −2.3% |
| 1966 | 4,129 | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 4,791 | +16.0% |
| 1981 | 6,548 | +36.7% |
| 1986 | 6,835 | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 6,824 | −0.2% |
| 1996 | 6,984 | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 7,557 | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 8,836 | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 9,601 | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 10,008 | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 10,952 | +9.4% |
| [20][21][22][23][24][25][1] | ||
Economy
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Longford's main industries are food production, sawmills, steelworking, generator retailing, cable making and the production of medical diagnostics.[citation needed] It is the major services centre for the county as well as the location of the Department of Social Welfare. 130 are employed at the Irish Prison Service's headquarters in the town.[citation needed] Connolly Barracks once employed approximately 180 soldiers, many of whom were involved in UN peace-keeping duties, until the barracks closed in January 2009.[26]
The town is also a local commercial centre, with a number of retail outlets including multiples such as Tesco, German discount retailers, Aldi and Lidl and Irish retail outlets such as Dunnes Stores and Penneys. A retail park, the N4 Axis Centre, opened in Longford in October 2005.[27]
Education
[edit]Longford town has a number of primary schools (for ages 4–12) and three secondary schools (for ages 12–19): two single-sex schools, St. Mel's College (a Catholic boys' school),[28] and Scoil Mhuire (a Catholic girls' school run by the Sisters of Mercy),[29] as well as a mixed school, (Templemichael College, formerly known as Longford Vocational School). Primary schools in Longford include a Gaelscoil and St. Joseph's. There is also an adult education centre in Longford.[citation needed]
St. Mel's College is the oldest of these schools, being founded in 1865 by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois as a diocesan seminary to train students for the priesthood. While the school only briefly functioned as a seminary, it served for most of the 20th century as a boarding school while also admitting day students.[30] The boarding school was discontinued in 2002.[28]
In December 2024, plans were announced to merge St. Mel's College and Scoil Mhuire, to form a co-educational school to be known as Coláiste Mel agus Mhuire.[31]
Transport
[edit]Road
[edit]Longford is at the point of divergence of the N5 road to Castlebar/Westport/Ireland West Airport and the N4 road which continues onwards to Sligo.
The N5 originally started in the town centre, causing occasional traffic congestion. The town's bypass opened on 3 August 2012.[32]
The N4 Sligo road has a bypass around the town, which consists of single carriageway with hard shoulders and four roundabouts. It was opened on 2 June 1995.[33]
Rail
[edit]Longford railway station (opened 8 November 1855)[34] is on the Dublin-Sligo line of the Irish railway network. About 91 kilometres (57 mi) from Sligo and 122 km (76 mi) from Dublin, it is served by Sligo-Dublin intercity services. Despite its distance from Dublin, there is a regular, well-utilised commuter service to Dublin with journeys to Dublin Connolly generally taking about an hour and three-quarters.
Canals
[edit]The Royal Canal reopened in October 2010 after years of being derelict and overgrown. Navigation is now possible from Spencer Dock, in Dublin, to the Shannon, in Cloondara.
Bus
[edit]Bus Éireann operates several bus routes which serve the town.[35][36][37] These include Expressway routes 22 and 23 (Ballina and Sligo to Dublin respectively). Other services include routes 65 (Galway to Cavan), 73 (Waterford to Athlone), 425/425A (from Galway), 451 (from Ballina via Charlestown), 466 (Athlone to Cavan via Ballymahon and Longford), 467 (from Roscommon via Lanesboro), and 469 (from Sligo). A prior service, route 463 to Carrigallen, was discontinued in December 2025 and was replaced with a TFI Local Link service.[38]
There are a number of bus services provided by private bus companies which serve the town. These include Kane Coaches,[39] Donnelly's Coaches and Farrelly's Coaches. Donnelly's Pioneer Bus Service, based in Granard, operate a route from Longford to Granard via Ballinalee. There are three journeys each way daily with no Sunday service.[40] Farrelly's Coaches operate a route from Longford to Athlone during the academic year, serving Technological University of the Shannon.[41]
Whartons Travel, which is also a local bus service, operate a route from Longford railway station and Longford to Cavan via Drumlish, Arvagh and Crossdoney.[42] As of 2014, this service is funded by the National Transport Authority.
Air
[edit]Longford's main air transport centre is located south-east of the town, at Abbeyshrule. Abbeyshrule Aerodrome receives a regular influx of small general aviation aircraft, including the Cessna 182 and 150.[citation needed] The airport also has two flight training centres; one for general aviation fixed wing aircraft training (Aeroclub 2000) and one for microlight aircraft flight training (Ultraflight).[citation needed]
Arts and culture
[edit]The Backstage Theatre and Centre for the Arts is a facility for arts and culture projects in the town and surrounding areas.[43] It is funded by Longford County Council with support from the Arts Council. Backstage is a member of two arts touring networks: Nasc a nationwide network of seven venues and Nomad a north midlands based network.[44]
Sport
[edit]The town has a number of sports clubs and facilities, including the Gaelic Athletic Association, rugby and tennis clubs, a League of Ireland soccer club (Longford Town FC), two indoor swimming pools, a gym and an 18-hole golf course. A swimming pool was opened in Longford in 2007.[citation needed]
Gaelic football and hurling
[edit]The sport with most support in County Longford is Gaelic football.[citation needed] The headquarters of the Longford Gaelic Athletic Association is located in Pearse Park in Longford Town, with a ground capacity of around 11,000. The Longford Gaelic football team won a Leinster title at Senior level and a National League title in 1966 and 1968 respectively.[45] The minor (under-18) Longford county team won the Leinster title in 2002 and 2010.[46] The major boys' secondary school in Longford town, St. Mel's College, also has a tradition in secondary schools' football (known as Colleges A), winning 29 Leinster and 4 All-Ireland titles (in the Hogan Cup).[47] The main local GAA club is Longford Slashers, based in Longford town, who have won more Longford Senior Football Championship titles (16) than any other team in the county,[48] including a win in 2013.[49]
Association football
[edit]Longford town's main association football (soccer) club, Longford Town FC, was founded in 1924 and was elected to the League of Ireland in 1984.[50] The club's ground is at Strokestown Road.[51] Longford Town FC has twice won the FAI Cup, in 2003 and 2004.[50]
Other sports
[edit]The local rugby union club, Longford RFC, was formed in the 1960s and participates in the Leinster League.[52]
Longford Sports & Leisure Centre, located in an area known locally as The Mall, contains a swimming pool, gym, and indoor and outdoor football and basketball facilities.[53]
People
[edit]- Willie Browne (1936–2004), Republic of Ireland international footballer[54]
- Francis "Frank" Butler (1847–1926), rifleshot who toured the US (1876–1884) and husband-manager of American sharpshooter Annie Oakley[55]
- Padraic Colum (1881–1972), Irish poet, novelist and playwright[56]
- Ray Flynn (b.1957), Irish mile record holder[57]
- Gareth Ghee, inter-county hurler[58]
- Michael Gomez (b.1977), champion professional boxer was born in an Irish Traveller family in Longford[59]
- Brandon Ly (b.2005), Irish-Vietnamese footballer[citation needed]
- Patrick McCabe (b.1955), novelist, has lived in Longford[19]
- Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (1932–2013), founder of Republican Sinn Féin[60]
Climate
[edit]Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate).[61]
| Climate data for Longford | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 12.3 (54.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
12.8 (55.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
8.4 (47.1) |
10.3 (50.5) |
13.2 (55.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.1 (64.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
13.6 (56.5) |
9.4 (48.9) |
7.8 (46.0) |
13.5 (56.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) |
5.3 (41.5) |
6.8 (44.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
11.7 (53.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.2 (61.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
6.4 (43.5) |
4.8 (40.6) |
9.8 (49.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) |
2.1 (35.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
7.1 (44.8) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
11.3 (52.3) |
9.3 (48.7) |
6.6 (43.9) |
3.4 (38.1) |
1.8 (35.2) |
6.1 (43.1) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −2.1 (28.2) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
0.3 (32.5) |
2.6 (36.7) |
5.6 (42.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
10.5 (50.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
7.8 (46.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
3.9 (39.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78.8 (3.10) |
58.6 (2.31) |
67.4 (2.65) |
55.0 (2.17) |
59.5 (2.34) |
66.5 (2.62) |
59.4 (2.34) |
81.6 (3.21) |
66.4 (2.61) |
94.2 (3.71) |
74.7 (2.94) |
83.8 (3.30) |
845.7 (33.30) |
| Source: Weatherbase[62] | |||||||||||||
See also
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Longford Sports & Leisure Centre [..] includes a 25m Swimming Pool, a Learner Pool, Sauna & Steam Room, Gym, Weights Room, Sports Hall, Astro Turf and Mugga facility [..] Longford Sports & Leisure, The Mall, Longford Town
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Francis 'Frank' E Butler was born in Longford town on January 20, 1847
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