placenamesLongford
An Longfort
Archaeological monitoring recorded how the walkway at Meelick was renewed.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Longfort · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Longford · English · main form
Place & story
Steel supports in the old weir
Colm Flynn’s account of the 2019 works at Meelick Weir describes repairs to a stone-and-timber crossing damaged by severe weather. Contractors bored holes at intervals in the existing stonework to support steel carrying the new pedestrian walkway. Archaeological monitoring found no archaeological material during these operations. The project concerned the Shannon crossing between Meelick in Galway and Lusmagh in Offaly, on the edge of this east Galway district. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Longford. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 2019:415 Meelick: Meelick Weir, licence19E0238 · Colm Flynn, Excavations.ie
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.