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	Longford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Longford (An Longfort in Irish) is the county town of County Longford in the Midlands of Ireland.
		Longford town, as the largest population centre in the county, has a number of sports facilities catering for the population of the town and surrounding county.
		The headquarters of the Longford Gaelic Athletic Association is at Pearse Park in the north of Longford town, with a ground capacity of around 12,000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Longford (853 words)

	County Longford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		County Longford (Irish: Contae an Longfoirt) is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in northwest Leinster.
		Lakeland, bogland, pastureland, and wetland typify Longford's generally low-lying landscapes: the highest point is Carn Clonhugh (also known as Cairn Hill) in the northwest of the county at 279 m (916 feet).
		County Longford was added to Leinster by James I in 1608 (it had previously been considered part of Connacht), with the county being divided into six baronies and its boundaries being officially defined.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/County_Longford (601 words)

	Earl of Longford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1785 Elizabeth was raised to the rank of Countess of Longford and on her death in 1792 her grandson (who had already acceded to the title of 3rd Baron Longford on the death of his father in 1792) became Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford.
		The 7th Earl of Longford was created a life peer as Baron Pakenham of Cowley so that he could retain his seat in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act of 1999.
		The Earldom and Barony of Longford are in the Peerage of Ireland, while the remaining Baronies are in the Peerage of the UK.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Longford (361 words)

	Quinn Brothers - About Longford
		Longford is ideally situated for an international call centre and has built a reputation as one of the main IT centers in the midlands.
		Longford town is the County town, the administrative headquarters of the local authority and can be described as a bustling market town with a dynamic commercial centre.
		Granard is the second largest town in County Longford and serves as one of the larger towns on the N55 route from the Midlands Region to the Northern Counties.
	www.quinnbros.ie /aboutlon.htm (1910 words)

	History - Old Longford Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Older inhabitants of Longford recall having heard that all of the southern portion of the area in the vicinity of Main Street, Ballymahon Street, Chapel Street, etc, was bog.
		However, Longford, like so many other similar towns developed from a small settlement on the north side of the river Camlin, most likely around the present Church of Ireland which was originally the site of a Dominican Abbey erected in the year 1440.
		Longford Castle built in 1627 was on the left entrance side to the Barracks.
	www.longfordroots.com /history/h12.html (822 words)

	Raymond Longford (1878-1959) and Lottie Lyell (1890-1925)
		Adapted by Longford from a popular stage melodrama in which he had toured with Lyell the year before, it was filmed in a local artist’s studio with the roof removed to allow light from the sun.
		Longford and Lyell’s next venture was a dramatic turning-point in their careers and a film that emerged as a masterpiece.
		The triumph of Longford’s film, usually considered Australia’s greatest silent film, was a watershed in the formation of the Australian identity, with a focus on the working class that seemed to embody the democratic spirit of the new nation.
	www.gildasattic.com /longford.html (2620 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Obituary: Lord Longford
		Longford was the only person to visit this dying man, a gesture repeated in countless episodes that never made headlines but which brought succour and relief.
		Longford was tempted to decline the offer and await a suitable byelection, but feared that, since his childless elder brother was in poor health, it was inevitable that he would soon become the Earl of Longford.
		In terms of prestige, Longford had reached the pinnacle of his career but, in practice, he was impotent, and often resorted to playing up to his image as the cabinet jester.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /politicsobituaries/story/0,1441,563425,00.html (2271 words)

	Encyclopedia: County Longford
		County Longford (Irish: Longphort) is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in northwest Leinster.
		Leinster (Irish: Laighin) is the eastern province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
		The southern parts of the county are low-lying, with extensive areas of raised bogland, and the land being of better quality for grazing and tillage.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/County-Longford (2479 words)

	Longford Roots, Longford Research Centre, Ireland
		Longford town with a population of 6,500, is the administrative headquarters for the county.
		Longford town has a fine County Museum which reflects the social history of the area through the centuries.
		In a historical context the County has associations with four famous literary figures namely Oliver Goldsmith, born at Pallas, Abbeyshrule in the County, Maria Edgeworth of Edgeworthstown, Padraic Colum born at Longford Workhouse where his father was Master, and Leo Casey author of 'The Rising of the Moon' and approximately two hundred other ballads.
	www.mayo-ireland.ie /Geneal/Longford.htm (328 words)

	Longford Estates
		The Longford Group is the holding company of the Longford Group of companies, whose principal interests are Business Centres and Serviced Offices, Specialised Insurance Schemes, Property Development and Investment.
		Longford Estates is the property investment and development company for the Longford Group.
		Longford Insurance Schemes is the provider of Chauffeurplan - the country's leading lifestyle protection insurance for motorists.
	www.longford.co.uk (283 words)

	Longford
		Longford's first premiership proper arrived in 1921 when it defeated Cressy in the inaugural grand final of the Esk Football association (see footnote 1).
		Prior to the arrival of the first NTFA premiership the undoubted high point in Longford's history came in 1950 when the club's then captain-coach Terry Cashion was awarded the Eric Tassie Medal while representing Tasmania at the 1950 Brisbane Carnival.
		As far as Longford was concerned, the main loss to Victoria during the 1960s was 1966 Hec Smith Memorial Medallist Barry Lawrence, but at least the club was able to obtain several solid years of service from him both before and after his 8 year stint with St Kilda.
	www.fullpointsfooty.net /longford.htm (892 words)

	GENUKI: County Longford
		"LONGFORD This county lies nearly in the centre of Ireland, and is bounded on the east and south by Westmeath, on the north by Cavan, on the north-west by Leitrim, and Lough Ree separates Longford from Roscommon on the south and west.
		The elevated districts between Edgeworthstown and Longford have a good soil which yields abundant crops of grain; but the land in many parts is so much encumbered with surface water, as to present a serious impediment to the agriculturist.
		The mineral treasures of Longford are few; lead ore has been found in several of the limestone quarries, likewise in some of the mountain streams, and it has even been turned up by the plough, but no efforts have yet been made to trace or work the veins.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/irl/LOG (897 words)

	Hotels, Hostels, Bed and Breakfasts, Guesthouses, Farmhouses and Self Catering Accommodation in Longford Ireland
		A comparatively small county, Longford town is the administrative headquarters for the county and is spaciously laid out with wide streets, pleasant buildings and recent impressive urban development.
		For centuries, the county was the centre of power of the O'Farrell family, having had at one stage a total of seven castles in the southern part of the County in their possession.
		Home of the Longford Slashers, the nickname given to this county's premier Hurling and Football team, Longford boasts a long shoreline with the river Shannon's largest Lake, Lough Ree, attracting thousands of visitors annually for fishing and especially for cruising on the Shannon.
	www.irishbeds.com /longford.html (421 words)

	Galway Crystal Longford Stemware from IBgifts.com
		The Longford Flute is ideal for special occasions and truly memorable events such as weddings and engagements.
		The Longford Tumbler (6oz.) is the ideal way to serve small cocktails, a shot of whiskey, water and many other cold beverage appropriately.
		Longford Double Old Fashioned (D.O.F) is the ideal way to serve cocktails, whiskey, water or any other cold beverage appropriately.
	www.ibgifts.com /browse/Galway-Crystal/Longford-Stemware.html (354 words)

	Longford Town Football Club \| Irish soccer eircom League \| eleven-a-side.com
		Longford Town manager Alan Matthews has bolstered his defensive options by sealing a move for former Republic of Ireland under-21 centre half Kevin Doherty.
		Longford Town have announced that former favourite Alan Murphy will be rejoining the club for a second spell ahead of the 2006 eircom League season.
		Longford Town have revealed that defender Stephen Paisley, winger John Martin and striker Dessie Baker will be staying at the club for another season.
	www.eleven-a-side.com /longfordtown (557 words)

	Longford, Elizabeth. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Born Elizabeth Harman, she married (1931) Frank Pakenham, later (1961) earl of Longford.
		She was educated at Oxford, lectured for the Workers Education Association (1929–35), and was an unsuccessful Labour candidate for Parliament (1935 and 1950).
		Five of her children became writers: the journalist Catherine Longford, the novelist Rachel Billington, the biographer Antonia Fraser, the poet Judith Kazantzis, and the historian Thomas Pakenham.
	www.bartleby.com /65/lo/LongfordE.html (162 words)

	Longford GAA
		The Longford team will have to learn from this experience and move on and if they take anything from this game they should become better footballers out of it in the long run.
		Well done to Longford County Board and in particular John Greene - who was also a member of that successful team - for organising the night while the idea itself came about from an article on the history of the Fr.
		Over the years the Longford Slashers Camp along with the Ballinalee and Abbeylara Camps have proved to be the largest in the county and this a testament to all the work going on at underage level in these areas in recent years.
	longford.gaa.ie (1298 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Longford County Enterprise Board is one of 35 city and county enterprise boards in Ireland.
		There is a news section, a Longford business directory and details of available funding, including capital, employment and feasability study grants.
		Longford County Enterprise Board organise many courses each year covering topics such as starting a business, employment legislation, preparing safety statements and financial planning.
	www.longfordceb.ie (106 words)

	County Longford: Ireland Accommodation: Ireland-Ac.com
		County Longford is one of Ireland's 12 inland counties with a population of 29,000.
		County Longford is one of the smallest counties in Ireland and has borders with counties Leitrim, Cavan, Westmeath, and Roscommon.
		County Longford is mainly a flat county with fertile agricultural land and peatlands.
	www.ireland-ac.com /longford/longford.htm (212 words)

	Longford Ireland tourism - hotels, bed and breakfast,car rentals Longford, county maps...
		One of the loveliest of the Irish midland counties, County Longford lies in the Shannon basin and the upper catchment area of the River Erne.
		Attractions in Longford include the heritage village of Ardagh, built in the 1860s to a Swiss design, and the recently discovered Old Bog Road, an Iron Age trackway of large oak planks in a bog at Corlea.
		Longford's County Town, situated on the banks of the Camlin River, acts as an administrative centre for the area, and is spaciously laid out, with pleasant wide streets.
	www.countylongford.com (226 words)

	Longford Online Access Centre
		On the outskirts of Longford, are two early free-settler estates, Woolmers (1816) and Brickendon (1824), both open to the public.
		The Longford Racecourse is the oldest continously operating racecourse in Australia.
		Longford town, and forms a part of the library building on the corner of Lyttleton and Wellington Streets.
	www.tco.asn.au /oac/community_overview.cgi?oacID=34 (312 words)

	Tasman-Series.com : The 2.5L Tasman Series 1964-69
		Longford is a small town nestling on the side of South Esk River, only 23km south-west of Launceston.
		The people of Longford saw the value in what the Motorcycle Club had begun and the Longford Motor Racing Association was formed.
		Longford became Australia's fastest circuit on March 4 1960, when Jack Brabham lapped 9 seconds faster than the previous record, then he peeled another 4 seconds off in the main race to average just over 169km/h.
	www.tasman-series.com /tracks/longford/longford.asp (2279 words)

	Irish Ancestors /Co. Longford
		County Longford (An Longfort, "landing-place of the boats")
		Longford lost almost one-third of its people to starvation and emigration between 1841 and 1851, the years of the Great Famine.
		And the loss continued in subsequent emigration: by 1986 the population was only a quarter of what it had been in 1841.
	scripts.ireland.com /ancestor/browse/counties/leinster/index_lo.htm (185 words)

	BBC News \| UK POLITICS \| Tributes to humanist peer
		Prime Minister Tony Blair, who heard of Lord Longford's death while in Mexico, said the peer was "a man of passionate integrity and humanity" and "a great reformer committed to modernising the law".
		Lord Longford's pre-war opposition to the appeasement of Hitler and his work on the Beveridge reforms which led to the creation of the welfare state, were chief among these Mr Benn said.
		She said the peer's association with the Moors murderers and other high profile criminals was down to his ability to distance people from the acts they had committed and still see them as part of the human race.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/1472769.stm (493 words)

	Longford Homes of New Mexico
		Longford Group, Inc. (“Longford”) respects your privacy and is committed to treating information about you responsibly.
		Longford may aggregate personally identifiable information and disclose such information in aggregate for other marketing and promotional purposes.
		Longford may share your email address with our selected third party business partners for home-related offers and other information we believe will be of interest to our customers.
	www.longfordhomes.com /privacypolicy.htm (399 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Lady Longford dies aged 96
		Elizabeth, Lady Longford CBE, was recognised as one of the finest biographers of her age.
		Elizabeth Longford wrote stylish works which, while not pandering to some recent biographers' fad for demolishing their subject, were couched in a respectful manner.
		Elizabeth Longford was in her 50s before she produced her first historical work, about the Jameson Raid, but she made up for lost time with a prolific output.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/611906.stm (553 words)

	Ireland - Welcome to County Longford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A focal point of the northern midlands where the provinces of Leinster, Ulster and Connaught all converge, Longford, where history and literature, tragedy and triumph are all woven together, takes its name from the ancient stronghold of the O'Farrell family (Long Fort - Fort of the O'Farrells).
		Bordered to the West by the majestic River Shannon, Longford is a county of rolling plains and picturesque stretches of water.
		This Monument is a memorial to the men of the North Longford Flying Column who took part in an ambush on Auxiliary forces on the 2nd February, 1921.
	www.countylongford.com /Longford_Heritage___Historical.htm (1823 words)

	The Village of Longford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It has managed to avoid the wild growth and sprawl of Wheloon, and is currently becoming a sort of a vacation and retirement area for those tired of Wheloon and Cormyr's larger cities.
		At the south end of the main road (the Blister Trail) are the extensive ruins of a temple of Mielikki, which was destroyed in a long-ago battle with the forces of Malar, leaving only a hollow shell and toppled columns behind.
		He retired to Longford to live out the rest of his years in peace and quiet, but has recently found himself at odds with the Connath clan, who view his commanding presence and impressive dwelling as a threat to their continued dominance in Longford.
	www.geocities.com /TimesSquare/Castle/2566/Longford.html (1123 words)

	Longford Urban District Council
		Longford Urban District Council was constituted under the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.
		It is one of 49 Urban Councils in the Republic of Ireland serving a population of 6444 (1996 Census) and delivering a wide range of services necessary to the physical, economic, social and cultural life of Longford urban area.
		At present the Urban District Boundary of Longford amounts to some 2774 acres as extended fl-cm 1st January 1986, however, it is an objective of the U.D.C. to extend its boundary on the North-Eastern and Eastern boundaries to coincide with the physical limit as established by the Longford By-Pass.
	www.longford.ie /udc.htm (436 words)

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