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ID: 7003490
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Record Type: administrative |
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Longford (county) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 40 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -7.6667 decimal degrees |
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Note: The county of Longford lies in the province of Leinster in central Republic of Ireland. Measuring some 403 square miles in area, it is comprised of lowlands of glacial drifts and bogs and rough pasture land. It was a principality of the O'Farrell clan and once part of the county of Meath. It was colonized by English under Hugh de Lacy in the 12th century. When Meath was split into two counties, it was included in Westmeath, then became a shire in 1569. The farms tend to be small and are devoted mainly to cattle pasture, crops being mainly potatoes and oats. The 2003 estimated population was 31,300. |
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| Longford (preferred,C,V,English,U,N)
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| An Longfort (C,V,Irish Gaelic,U,N)
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| County Longford (C,V,display,English,U,N)
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| Annaly (H,V,Irish Gaelic,U,N)
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| Anale (H,V,Irish Gaelic,U,N)
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| county (preferred, C) |
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part of Westmeath county from 1543-1569 |
| second level subdivision (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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