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Amenities and Services
The Mall is a beautifully landscaped park on the banks of the river Camlin It is a relaxing space for leisurely walks or sporting activities It has a multi purpose leisure complex with an indoor ...
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Towns
Longford Irish an Longfort is the county town of Co Longford It is built on the banks of the River Camlin cam líne crooked line a tributary of the River Shannon According to the 2011 census Longford ...
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Geology
The geology of the county can be divided in two a northern upland region with older Ordovician and Silurian rocks of slate shale sandstone and greywacke about 450 to 420 million years old In the ...
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Roche Castle, like its sister castle at Carlingford, were both built by the Anglo-Normans as part of the process of taming and colonizing north Louth in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Striking and powerful, it commands a pass northwards and affords wonderful views over the surrounding country.
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Transport
The N4 from Dublin to Sligo passes through Longford The N5 National Route to the North West Castlebar Westport Ballina Knock airport branches off the N4 at Longford town Longford railway station ...
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Writers and Scholars
Sweet Auburn loveliest village of the plain the words of Oliver Goldsmith poet playwright and essayist who was born in Pallas near the town of Ballymahon in County Longford 1728 1774 His father was ...
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Mythical Maze announced as 2014 Summer Reading Challenge theme
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The Customs House (James Gandon)
The Customs House (James Gandon)
This is an illustration of the Customs House in 1817 by James Malton. The original custom house in Dublin was built in 1707 by Thomas Burgh, and was situated further up the Liffey on Essex Quay. There was a significant need for the construction of a new custom house as the old custom house was seen as being unsafe only 70 years after its construction. The New Custom House (here pictured) was designed by James Gandon, a famous architect of the time. With the newly reclaimed land in the dockland area of the Liffey a site was chosen further downstream of the Liffey for the new building. This new site was not concrete and there were fears that the building would sink eventually, however Gandon’'s new construction plans involved using planks of wood to form a base over the marsh on which the building would stand. The building was completed in 1871. It suffered heavily in the Irish War of Independence in 1921, when a large number of public records were destroyed by fire. However, after some renovations to repair the house, it still stands tall along the Liffey.
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Donal Ryan
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