I,d love  to be in Ireland , when winter turns to spring

To see the hope and beauty that an irish morn can bring

And i,d love to be in longford at the dawning of the day

To see the river Shannon near the fields of old Corbally

New York and California dont mean a thing to me

I,d rather be in Ballinamuck with friends and family

I,ve been to London City , to the Galtee and the Crown

Oh the craics still good in Cricklewood byt i,d rather Longford town

Chorus

Oh Longford lovely Longford you,re Irelands pride and joy

The place that i remember , when i was just a boy

I miss you,re hills and valleys and the folks i left behind

please tell my sweetheart Mary , i have Longford on my mind

Now i have one ambition its my one and only wish

To see sweet Ardagh village and my native town Drumlish

Lough Connaught in the autumn means all the world to me

              And i,d cross the wide Atlantic to beautiful Lough Rea 

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                                                  ARDAGH , LONGFORD

 

ABOUT LONGFORD

The town was originally founded by Viking raiders as Long Phoirt, from the Irish long meaning ship and phoirt meaning port or dock. The Celtic inhabitants of Ireland did not build towns but the town came under the sway of the local clan which controlled the south and central part of the county of Longford (formerly the Kingdom of Anghaile or Annaly) and hence, the town is referred to occasionally as Longphort Uí Fhearghail (Fort of O'Farrell), a Dominican Priory founded there in 1400. Longford is the Cathedral town for the Catholic diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnois.