LONGFORD
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V16,
Page 981
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
LONGFORD
, the See also:county See also:town of Co
.
Longford, See also:Ireland, on the See also:river Camlin, and on a See also:branch of the Midland See also:Great Western railway, 75 M
.
W.N.W. of See also:Dublin
.
Pop
.
(1901) 3747
.
The See also:principal See also:building is St Mel's See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral for the See also:diocese of Ardagh, one of the finest Roman Catholic churches in Ireland
.
The town has a considerable See also:trade in See also:grain, See also:butter and See also:- BACON
- BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
- BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
- BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
- BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
- BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
- BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)
bacon
.
There are See also:corn-See also:mills, a spool factory and tanneries
.
Longford is governed by an See also:urban See also:district See also:council
.
The See also:ancient name of the town was Athfada, and here a monastery is said to have been founded by St Idus, a See also:disciple of St See also:Patrick
.
The town obtained a See also:fair and See also:market from See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. and a See also:charter of See also:incorporation from See also:Charles II., as well as the right to return two members to See also:parliament
.
It was disfranchised at the See also:Union in 1800
.
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