Richmond Court in Co. SLIGO

Richmond Court is located in OFFALY Longford which is located in the Midlands. This centre houses single males.

COUNTY LONGFORD

Centre Manager: Carmel Foley Public Health Nurse: Mary Farrell Community Welfare Officer: Jacinta Keogh

Jesuit Refugee Service LOCAL SERVICES

PUBLIC SERVICES

Social Welfare Citizen’s Information Service Government Buildings, Level 1, Longford Shopping Centre Ballinalee Road, Longford Phone: 0761075890 Phone: 0433340000 Email: [email protected]

VOLUNTEERING AND EDUCATION

Longford Volunteer Centre Adult Learning Centre 6 Earl St, Deanscurragh, Longford Church Street, Longford Website: www.volunteerlongford.ie Phone: 0433345609 Phone: 0872915367 Email: [email protected]

Longford County Library National Learning Network Rock Road, Kilcoolaght, 6 Grafton Court, Longford Deanscurragh, Longford Phone: 0433342255 Phone: 0433341124 Email: [email protected]

SUPPORT GROUPS

Longford Community Resources Longford LGBT Longford Community Enterprise Website: www.longfordlgbt.ie Centre Phone: 0863022161 Templemichael, Ballinalee Road Email: [email protected] Longford Facebook: www.facebook.com/longford. Phone: 0433345555 lgbt/ Email: [email protected] National LGBT Support Line Website: www.lcrl.ie 1890 929 539 CHILD AND FAMILY

Longford Community Resources For information on schools in the area Phone: 0433345555 visit: www.education.ie/en/find-a-school Email: [email protected] Website: www.lcrl.ie

SPORTS CLUBS

Longford Slashers GAA Longford Town Football Club (Soccer) Email: Secretarybng.longfordslashers. City Calling Stadium, Strokestown Road, [email protected] Longford Phone: 0858411568 Email: [email protected]

FURTHER RESOURCES www.tidytowns.ie www.longford.ie Longford, Co. Longford

Longford is part of the Midlands Region and is in the of . The town is built on the banks of the River Camlin which is a tributary of the River Shannon. The name Longford is an Anglicization of the Irish Longphort, from long (meaning “ship”) and port (meaning “port” or “dock”). This name was applied to many Irish settlements of Viking origin and eventually came to mean fort or camp in the Irish language, and so Longfort, the modern Irish spelling, is the name of this town, which was one of the only Gaelic Irish market towns to arise without first being founded by Vikings or Normans.

The Mall Complex is a beautiful park in the town which includes outdoor exercising equipment, basketball courts, and all-weather football pitches.

Longford is home to St. Mel’s Cathedral. Built between 1840 and 1856, St. Mel’s is considered the “flagship cathedral” of the Irish midlands region.

The Corlea Trackway is an Iron Age trackway, or togher, near the village of Keenagh, south of Longford town. It was constructed from oak planks in 148–147 BC. The Visitor Centre also highlights other artifacts and history from the Iron Age, as well as archeology and bog culture.

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