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Longford (An Longfort inside Irish) is the county town of County Longford in the Midlands of Ireland. A town's original to the full title was Longphort Uí Fhearghail (fastness of O'Farrell), reflecting a fact that it grew higher around a ancient castle of the O'Farrells (chieftains of the territory of Anghaile or Annaly) & a Dominican priory they founded there in 1400. In todays world's town has the people of around 8,000. Longford's independent industries come food production, steelworking and the production of medical devices. the town is besides a local commercial message centre, sustaining several retail outlets. These are a cathedral town of the Roman Catholic diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise.
Transport Longford is astir 91 kilometer from either Sligo and 122 km from either a capital city, Dublin. A town lies on the Dublin-Sligo route of the Irish railway network, and is served by Sligo-Dublin intercity services. Despite its few feet away from either Dublin, the town as swell has a regular commuter service to Dublin which is well utilised. Journeying to the capital by rail require from either a year and a half to 2 hours. Longford is a point in which the N4 road from Dublin to Sligo leaves the N5 road, which continues onwards to Westport, County Mayo. Traffic congestion occurs when condition in the town at weekends, as tons automobilist travelling on the N5 must pass through the town en-route to their destinations - sole the N4 Sligo road has a bypass.
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