Longford

Longford is the county city of County Longford in Ireland. It has a populace of 10,008 in step with the 2016 census. It is the biggest metropolis inside the county and approximately one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meeting of Ireland's N4 and N5 National Primary Route roads, which means that that traffic journeying between Dublin and County Mayo, or North County Roscommon passes around the metropolis. The station in Longford at the Dublin Sligo line is important for commuters. The metropolis is built at the banks of the River Camlin which is a tributary of the River Shannon.

The name Longford is an Anglicization of the Irish Longport, from lengthy meaning deliver and port which means port or dock. This name become implemented to many Irish settlements of Viking foundation and finally got here to intend fort or camp inside the Irish language, and so Long for the modern Irish spelling, is the call of this town, which turned into one of the best Gaelic Irish market towns to rise up without first being founded by using Vikings or Normans.