Apr 16, 2008
Antiquities
An interesting antiquity is the leather shield discovered in 1008 in a bog at Clonbrin, Co. Longford; it probably belongs to the La Tone period
History
The name Longford ( Self Catering, Longford, Ireland) comes from the Gaelic Longford (Accommodation, Longford, Ireland) Ui Fearraill, meaning the fortress of the OFarrell clan. The patriarch, OFarrell, reigned over the [...]
Antiquities
An interesting antiquity is the leather shield discovered in 1008 in a bog at Clonbrin, Co. Longford; it probably belongs to the La Tone period
History
The name Longford ( Self Catering, Longford, Ireland) comes from the Gaelic Longford (Accommodation, Longford, Ireland) Ui Fearraill, meaning the fortress of the OFarrell clan. The patriarch, OFarrell, reigned over the in the 12th century, although the official borders of today were not established until 1547 by the Tudors.
During the rebellion of 1798, Longford was the site of ... Read More
Apr 16, 2008
The name Longford ( Self Catering, Longford, Ireland) comes from the Gaelic Longford (Accommodation, Longford, Ireland) Ui Fearraill, meaning the fortress of the OFarrell clan. The patriarch, OFarrell, reigned over the in the 12th century, although the official borders of today were not established until 1547 by the Tudors.
During the rebellion of 1798, Longford was [...]
The name Longford ( Self Catering, Longford, Ireland) comes from the Gaelic Longford (Accommodation, Longford, Ireland) Ui Fearraill, meaning the fortress of the OFarrell clan. The patriarch, OFarrell, reigned over the in the 12th century, although the official borders of today were not established until 1547 by the Tudors.
During the rebellion of 1798, Longford was the site of numerous bloody battles. The Great Famine decimated the population through starvation and emigration. It was such emigrations that established a link between Longford and ... Read More
Apr 16, 2008
The oldest rocks at the surface arr the Ordovician and Silurian shales and sandstones, exposed in the hummocky country about Lough Gowna in Co. Longford as a part of the broad triangular outcrop that readies the sea in Co. Down. They appear again in the cores of the Slieve Bloom Mountains and of the anticline [...]
The oldest rocks at the surface arr the Ordovician and Silurian shales and sandstones, exposed in the hummocky country about Lough Gowna in Co. Longford as a part of the broad triangular outcrop that readies the sea in Co. Down. They appear again in the cores of the Slieve Bloom Mountains and of the anticline of Slievenaman on the Kilkenny and Tipperary border, and also in south-eastern Kilkenny. Longford ( Self Catering, Longford, Ireland) town is pleasantly placed on the west side ... Read More
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