It is clear to see why County Longford is one of the gems of Ireland’s lush midlands.
The county’s rebellious streak goes back quite a bit. Some of the fiercest fighting of Ireland’s 1798 Rebellion took place at the Battle of Ballinamuck. Then, over a century later, Seán Mac Eoin, a soldier and politician known as the Blacksmith of Ballinalee, led the North Longford flying column in the Irish War of Independence.