Longford (disambiguation)

Longford is a town in Ireland.

Longford may also refer to:

Places

England

• Longford, Coventry, West Midlands, an area and electoral ward
• Longford, Derbyshire, a village
• Longford, Gloucestershire, a village near Gloucester
• Longford (ward), Trafford, Greater Manchester
• Longford, Kent, a location
• Longford, London, Borough of Hillingdon
  • Longford River
• Longford, Newport, Shropshire
• Longford, Market Drayton, Shropshire
• Longford, Warrington, Cheshire
• Longford Castle, near Bodenham, Wiltshire

Ireland

• County Longford
• Longford, County Longford's county town
• Longford (constituency), constituencies in the UK parliament and the Dáil Éireann
• Longford, County Laois, a townland in County Laois
• Longford, one of a number of baronies (mediaeval administrative districts) of that name in Ireland

Australia

• Longford, Victoria, a town
• Longford, Tasmania, a town

Canada

• Longford Mills, a community in Ramara, Ontario

Wales

• Longford, Neath Abbey, Neath

United States

• Longford, Kansas
• Longford, United States Virgin Islands

Constituencies

before 1801

• St Johnstown (County Longford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
• Longford County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
• Longford Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

1801–1885

• Longford (UK Parliament constituency)

1885–1918

• North Longford (UK Parliament constituency)
• South Longford (UK Parliament constituency)

1918–1922

• Longford (UK Parliament constituency)

1921–1937

• Longford–Westmeath (Dáil constituency)

1937–1948

• Athlone–Longford (Dáil constituency)

1948–1992

• Longford–Westmeath (Dáil constituency)

1992–2007

• Longford–Roscommon (Dáil constituency)

2007–

• Longford–Westmeath (Dáil constituency)

People

• Christine Longford (1900–1980), Anglo-Irish playwright
• Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford (1906–2002), British historian
• Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905–2001), British politician
  • Longford (film), a 2006 British television drama about his long battle to win parole for the Moors Murderess, Myra Hindley
  • Longford Lecture
  • Longford Prize
  • The Longford Trust
• Raymond Longford (1878–1959), Australian film director, writer, producer and actor

Other uses

• Esso Longford gas explosion, a 1998 chemical disaster occurring near Longford, Victoria
• Longford Circuit, a motor racing street circuit based around the Tasmanian town
• Longford Football Club, an Australian rules football club based in the Tasmanian town
• Longford GAA, the Gaelic games body for County Longford
• Longford Leader, a newspaper published in Longford, Ireland
• Longford RFC, a rugby team based in Longford, Ireland
• Longford Town F.C., an association football team based in Longford, Ireland

See also

• Earl of Longford