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Remember Bagatelle on Saturday night at Longford Summer Festival

Centre stage on Main Street on Saturday night will be Bagatelle & Friends. One of the highlights of the 2019 festival was the band and its celebrated lead vocalist, Liam Reilly, who sadly passed away in January 2021. Now the band and a number of ...

08 Jul 2023 at 14:57

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Goldsmith Festival to explore emigration and immigration

Historian Professor Diarmaid Ferriter is set to be one of the star attractions at the Oliver Goldsmith Literary Festival in the midlands next month, it has been revealed. Organisers also unveiled that this year’s festival theme is ‘Citizens of ...

27 May 2023 at 08:03

Longford Town

Longford's Camlin Keys Piano Festival daytime workshops

The inaugural Camlin Keys Piano Festival takes place on Saturday, June 17 and organisers are delighted to announce their daytime Workshops. Throughout Saturday daytime, in St John’s Church, they have Andrew Yau leading a series of Piano Duet ...

28 May 2023 at 11:35

Longford Town

Beat on the streets: Longford Summer Festival makes a welcome return

The event has moved from its previous end of June date in the hope of better weather this year. Last year saw the festival back on the streets for the first time in 15 years. One of the organising committee, local publican, Andy Byrne Jnr, ...

21 Jun 2018 at 18:06

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Summer in Longford: Lisryan Family Fun Weekend

The weekend of July 12 - 14 will certainly be remembered by the community of Lisryan and beyond. The Family Fun Weekend was graced with glorious weather which helped enormously with the fun and antics to be had all weekend. Again the ...

30 Jul 2024 at 12:02

Longfordleader

‘Shy’ Goldsmith's emigration story admired at ‘tremendous’ Longford literary festival

“We should be conscious of the vulnerability of those in limbo for we, as a people, have seen enough of it,” Historian Professor Diarmaid Ferriter told the 39th annual Goldsmith Festival of south Longford and south Westmeath. In a ...

17 Jun 2023 at 16:59

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AOIFE pop-up advice clinics return to Longford

The annual AOIFE (Association of Festival and Events) pop-up advice clinics are set to return to Longford, with clinics set to take place in Longford town on Thursday, February 28, at the Longford Arms Hotel from 10:30am to ...

25 Feb 2019 at 18:46

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More festivals for Longford town proposed in Integrated Action Plan

As part of this Integrated Action Plan, it has been proposed that more temporary events be promoted in the town, encouraging visitors to come to the town and spend longer here. There is huge potential for the festivals ...

03 Aug 2018 at 11:30

Longford Town

Longford Summer Festival kicks off this weekend

At its height in the 1990s the festival attracted some of the biggest festival acts thanks to the support of Heineken. This year, the live music will open on Thursday, June 22 with country star Robert Mizzell on ...

22 Jun 2017 at 14:23

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Summer in Longford: Great day out at Streete Vintage Show

The Midlands must go to show is on this Sunday, June 30 in The Streete Parish Park. Streete Vintage Show is one of the best family days out in the calendar year, with plenty to see and do for every car and ...

28 Jun 2024 at 12:59

Local News

North Longford set for heritage festival

A midsummer festival celebrating Granard's rich and diverse heritage is set to take place on the weekend of Friday, July 5 to Sunday, July 7. The Suntown Festival is inspired by the olden gaelic term ...

29 Jun 2024 at 16:03

Arts & Entertainment

VIDEO: Frightful fun at Longford Dead of Night festival

The event was kick-started by a colourful parade, which saw characters including Elsa, Spiderman and Superman, as well as local ghouls and ghosts, make their way from St Mel's College up to the ...

31 Oct 2016 at 19:58

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