LONGFORD CASTLES & FORTS IN IRELAND

CASTLES & FORTS IN LONGFORD,

Travel Ireland � Longford

County Longford Ireland

Inch Mor Monastery
	The ruins of Inch M�r on Lough Gowna is a reminder of one of the oldest centres of Christian worship in the North Longford.

The Aughnacliffe and Cleenrath Dolmens
	The dolmen in Aughnacliffe gives the townland its name �The Field of the Stones�. It stands in the lee of a frontal moraine from the last glaciation

Sonnagh Fort. This fort stands in a commanding place overlooking the eastern plains as it extends to Westmeath. Like all the others it would have had a log stockade on top of its earthen walls. These forts were the scattered farmsteads of the Millesian Celts who were said to be one of six Celtic peoples to invade Ireland and finally take full control of it. They had a very strict priestly order known as the Druids.

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LONGFORD CASTLES & FORTS IN IRELAND

CASTLES & FORTS IN LONGFORD, Travel Ireland � Longford

CASTLES & FORTS IN LONGFORD,

Travel Ireland � Longford