St Mel's CathedralThis 19th century cathedral on the main street burned on Christmas Day 2009 and reopened, rebuilt, in 2014.Greenway
Royal Canal Greenway, Longford
Longford town, County Longford
Longford carries the western end of the Royal Canal towpath, from Abbeyshrule towards the Shannon.
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- Longford town, County Longford
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St Mel's CathedralThis 19th century cathedral on the main street burned on Christmas Day 2009 and reopened, rebuilt, in 2014.
Corn HillLongford's highest point is 278m, between Drumlish and Ballinalee, with a 3.2km marked trail up to two cairns on the summit.
Corlea Trackway Visitor CentreAn oak road was laid across the bog here in 148 BC. Eighteen metres of it are kept indoors at the centre in Kenagh.More in Longford
Granard Motte and BaileyFort · GranardIreland's largest Norman motte rises steep and grassed above Granard, with a statue of St Patrick on top of it.
Abbeyshrule Cistercian AbbeyAbbey · AbbeyshruleCistercians founded this abbey in 1150. What is left is roofless, with a graveyard, a high cross shaft and a four storey tower house thirty metres off.- Saints Island and the Priory of All SaintsMonastic site · NewtowncashelThe ruined Augustinian priory sits on a Lough Ree peninsula at the end of a narrow causeway. The church and burial ground are open, the walls are not for climbing.
Richmond Harbour, ClondraHarbour · ClondraClondra holds the last lock on the Royal Canal, where it joins the Camlin and then the Shannon.- Inchcleraun Monastic SiteIsland · NewtowncashelThree churches and a priory stand inside an oval dry stone wall on an island in Lough Ree. You go by boat, and the farmland on it is private.
Rathcline CastleCastle · LanesboroughThe 17th century castle and its bawn wall with corner towers stand ruined south of Lanesborough, burnt during the Williamite wars.- Knights and Conquests Heritage CentreMuseum · GranardThe heritage centre sits at the foot of the motte in Granard, on the Normans in the midlands.
Aughnacliffe Portal TombMegalithic tomb · AughnacliffeTwo capstones, the larger 3.2m by 2.3m, in a valley outside the village. The path to it crosses private farmland, so close the gates.