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Padraic Colum Gathering celebrates one of Longford’s greatest storytellers

...by Evidence Ikechukwu and Frankie McNally, two sixth class pupils in St Michael’s Boys’ National School in Longford. PADRAIC COLUM attended the school and, in the run-up to the Gathering, pupils in fourth, fifth and sixth classes did projects about him....

22 May 2022 at 12:00

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Twitter users told to be wary of scam messages

Twitter has warned users to be aware of scammers posing as Twitter employees in order to try and get hold of log-in details and other personal information. It comes after a number of verified users on the platform, including journalists, reported ...

22 May 2022 at 15:00

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PICTURES | Maria Edgeworth Literary Festival makes a welcome return

Prize winner Kerry Gray with Angela Tuite The Edgeworth Festival has come and gone for another year and what a success this year’s festival turned out to be. There were thirteen different events over the weekend starting with the showing of a ...

12 May 2022 at 17:00

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Longford workshops a great opportunity for aspiring poets

...for the joy of it. Longford has a very proud record when it comes to poetry with great poets from the past including PADRAIC COLUM and Oliver Goldsmith. One of Longford’s best loved and best known contemporary poets is Noel Monahan, a proud Granard...

26 Jan 2022 at 11:00

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String of fines handed out by Longford judge for breaches of Covid regulations

...purchase flowers and paint for their home. Wayne Stokes was charged with organising a party on February 4, 2021, at 3 PADRAIC COLUM Heights. Gardaí were called to a gathering on the property at approximately 3.45pm and discovered a number of people at...

18 Sept 2021 at 10:00

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PICTURES | TG4 in Longford to capture celebration of Féile na Bealtaine at Granard's Knights and Conquests

A TV production crew from TG4 arrived in Longford on Saturday last, to capture the celebration of Féile na Bealtaine at Knights and Conquests in Granard. Use the Arrows < > above to go through the gallery Granard's story and that of Knights ...

01 May 2022 at 19:37

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Padraic Colum Gathering returns to celebrate Longford’s literary history

The PADRAIC COLUM Gathering will be officially opened by Longford County Council Cathaoirleach Cllr Peggy Nolan in Longford Library on Friday, May 13. In its fifth year, the two-day Gathering celebrates Colum’s work and Longford’s literary history. At...

06 May 2022 at 08:00

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Padraic Colum Gathering returns to celebrate Longford’s literary history

29 Apr 2022 at 17:55

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Longford Comhairle na nÓg unveil new H.O.P.E bench made from 5,000 recycled bottles

The H.O.P.E bench, or 'Helping Our Planet Environment' to give it its full name is just the latest in a series of 'green' focused projects spearheaded by Longford's youth community. "The colours make it hard to miss," said 13-year-old ...

29 Apr 2022 at 17:58

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Exciting new Longford Literary Trail Audio Tour now available

...in time to the rural Irish town. Continuing back to Longford Town will take tourists to where the famous Irish poet PADRAIC COLUM was born. The county-wide Longford Literary story can be explored through this driving trail, with an option of...

01 Mar 2024 at 09:00

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PICTURES | New book by Longford pupils launched to much acclaim in Edgeworthstown

...town and the county has an International reputation as being ‘The County of Great Writers’ from Oliver Goldsmith, PADRAIC COLUM, Vona Groarke, Belinda McKeon, John Connell and now these emerging young writers. He also said that the Society aims...

07 Dec 2023 at 09:00

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Bishop Connell to launch 2023 edition of County Longford Historical Society’s Journal, Teathbha

...O’Farrells in the medieval period, land and society in the barony of Moydow, the Montgomery family, marching bands, PADRAIC COLUM’s poem ‘A Drover’, the GAA and the elusive Francis McDonagh/Hanlon. There is a piece about a Longford emigrant’s...

20 Nov 2023 at 09:00

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