In 1921, acclaimed production house duo Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell filmed The Blue Mountains Mystery in part around the town centre.

In 1862 a few town sections were surveyed on the west bank of the river and Longford was named Gore as a compliment to Sir Thomas Gore Browne, an early Governor of New Zealand.

It also has outdoor and indoor markets and a shopping centre, however some of Cannock's other shopping facilities are to be found in out of town locations such as Longford Island Retail Estate and the Orbital Retail Park.

* Longford, County Longford's county town

* Longford, Victoria, a town in the Gippsland area of Victoria, Australia

* Longford, Tasmania, a town in Tasmania, Australia

* Longford Circuit, a motor racing street circuit based around the Tasmanian town

It is named after the town of Longford.

Ballymahon () on the River Inny is a town in the southern part of County Longford, Ireland.

In comparison to other towns and villages in Co. Longford, Ballymahon is a young town.

The county town of Longford lies about 22 kilometres to the north-west.

The N5 national primary route also connects the town to Castlebar, as well as connecting to the N4 near Longford that leads onward to Dublin.

Like nearby Longford, Perth is a historic town with many buildings dating back to the early 19th century.

The township comprises the communities of Atherley, Bayshore Village, Bayview Beach, Bonnie Beach, Brechin, Brechin Beach, Brechin Point, Concord Point, Cooper's Falls, Fawkham, Floral Park, Fountain Beach, Gamebridge, Gamebridge Beach, Geneva Park, Glenrest Beach, Grays Bay, Floral Park, Hopkins Bay, Joyland Beach, Lagoon City, Lakeview Beach, Little Falls, Longford Mills, Mara Beach, Mariposa Beach, McDonald Beach, Millington ( ghost town ), Murphy Beach, New Gamebridge Beach, Oaklawn Beach, O ' Connell, Orkney Point, Orkney Beach, Paradise Point, Point of Mara Beach, Prophet Beach, Rathburn, Riverside Beach, Sandy Beach, Sandy Pine Beach, Southview Cove, Talbot, Tanglewood Beach, Udney, Uptergrove, Val Harbour and Washago.

Longford () is the county town of County Longford in Ireland.

Longford lies at the meeting of the N4 and the N5 primary routes, which means that traffic travelling between Dublin and Counties Mayo and Roscommon passes through the town.

The area came under the sway of the local clan which controlled the south and middle of the County of Longford ( historically called Anghaile or ) and hence, the town is sometimes called Longphort Uí Fhearghail ( port of O ' Farrell ).

Longford town boasts a state-of-the-art 200-seat theatre, and a four-screen multiplex cinema, with restaurants.

Longford town has a decentralised government department which employs approximately 300 people with plans for a further 160 to be employed at the Irish Prison Service's new headquarters in the Lisamuck area of the town.

The major boys ' secondary school in Longford town, St. Mel's College, also has a long tradition in secondary schools ' football ( known as Colleges A ), winning 29 Leinster and 4 All-Ireland titles ( in the Hogan Cup ).

The main local GAA Club in Longford is Longford Slashers, based in Longford town, who have won more Senior County Championships than any other team in the county with their most recent success coming in 2010.

The case has been dramatised on television twice: in See No Evil: The Moors Murders and Longford ( both 2006 ).

Earl of Longford is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland.

Longford has one of the lowest in the county peaks list ahead of Meath and Westmeath.

Longford ’ s population growth during the period 2002-2006 ( 10. 6 %) has been stronger than the National average ( 8. 2 %).

On the island of Ireland, this displacement has not been as rapid because there was only a single introduction, in County Longford.

The Royal Canal also passes westwards through Ballymahon from Dublin to Clondra, Co. Longford and has now been restored.

Mullingar Hockey Club currently has 4 adult teams and the club play its matches in the Loreto College, on the Longford road, not far from the hospital.

The canal passes through Maynooth, Kilcock, Enfield, Mullingar and Ballymahon has a spur to Longford.

The majority of Commuter services are based in Dublin, which has four commuter routes: Northern ( Dundalk ), Western ( Maynooth / Longford ), South Western ( Newbridge / Kildare / Portlaoise ) and South Eastern ( Arklow ).

The Longford Gaelic football team has been relatively unsuccessful at national level, in large part reflecting the county's small population size-although it succeeded in winning a Leinster title at Senior level in 1968 and a National League title in 1966.

Longford town itself has a strong tradition in soccer, the game being introduced in the late 19th century.

The Longford Town football club has had notable success in recent years, twice winning the FAI Cup, in 2003 and 2004, and competing in the UEFA Cup as a result against Bulgarian, Liechtenstein and Welsh opposition, though without success.

For golfers, Longford has an extensive parkland course.

Longford has an extensive mall sports complex.

Since then the club has grown every year and in the 2009 / 10 season fourteen teams were entered in the Longford & District Schoolboys / girls League from Under 7's to Under 16's with nearly 200 members.

Longford district has many buildings included on the Tasmanian Heritage Register.

Longford has a Service Tasmania shop, supermarkets, a bakery, a butcher ’ s shop, two banks, a Post Office, antique shops, hotels, cafés, take-aways, hairdressers and service stations.

Koppers Inc has a wood treatment plant in Longford.

Longford has a popular golf course south of the town, with eleven holes, seven of which have alternate tees.

It has been suggested that this was because of objections to either its use of stock news footage of a public execution in Lagos, or its presentation of characters designed to be satirical analogues of Mary Whitehouse, Cliff Richard and Lord Longford.