LONGFORD, a county of Ireland, in the province of Leinster, bounded by the county of Leitrim and Cavan on the north, Meath on the east and south, and Roscommon on the west. It contains 134,700
Irish plantation acres, 24 parishes, 6 baronies, and 4 Longford boroughs; and returns 10 members to parliament. It is small, and much encumbered with bog, intermixed with a tolerable good soil; and is about 25 miles long and 15 broad.