Granard
Granard is a town in the north of County Longford, Ireland, and has a traceable history going back to 236 CE. It is situated just south of the boundary between the watersheds of the Shannon and the Erne, at the point where the N55 national secondary road and the R194 regional road meet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Granard Motte.
Granard Motte
Archaeological site
Granard Motte is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle and National Monument in Granard, County Longford, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abbeylara and Kilcogy.
Abbeylara
Village
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
Abbeylara is a village in County Longford, Ireland. It is at the eastern end of the county, three kilometres east of Granard, on the R396 road. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Abbeylara is situated 3 km southeast of Granard.
Kilcogy
Village
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Kilcogy, is a small village and townland in the civil parish of Drumlumman in south-western County Cavan, Ireland. Kilcogy is located on the R394 road. Kilcogy is situated 7 km northeast of Granard.
Granard
- Type: Town with 816 residents
- Description: human settlement in County Longford, Ireland
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Longford, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.77936° or 53° 46′ 46″ northLongitude
-7.49101° or 7° 29′ 28″ westPopulation
816Elevation
134 metres (440 feet)Open location code
9C5JQGH5+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 52231353OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2963902Wikidata ID
Q946060
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Granard” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Granard”
- Bulgarian: “Гранард”
- Catalan: “Granard”
- Cebuano: “Granard”
- Chinese: “格蘭納德”
- Dutch: “Granard”
- French: “Granard”
- Georgian: “გრანარდი”
- German: “Granard”
- Hebrew: “גרנארד”
- Irish: “Gránard”
- Italian: “Granard”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Granard”
- Norwegian: “Granard”
- Polish: “Granard”
- Russian: “Гранард”
- Spanish: “Granard”
- Swedish: “Granard”
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Localities in the Area
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