Most of these seven walks sit in the north of the county, in the drumlin and lake country around Lough Gowna and the Granard road. Aughnacliffe holds the tightest cluster: the dolmen, a two-capstone portal tomb and the third-largest in Ireland, stands a short walk north of the village, and Leebeen Park’s flat 1.5km boardwalk loops the lake shore below it, with a short waterfall trail on the River Pulliness nearby.
Derrycassan Wood, at Mullinaghta, follows the Lough Gowna shore on way-marked trails past a walled-garden ruin, an ancient ringfort and a lakeside viewing platform; a playground and a coffee van at the entrance make it the easiest family morning here. Ballinamuck, west of that, pairs the 1798 battlefield and its visitor centre with bogland and quiet lakeside walking. Clonbroney, six miles west of Granard, is the sparest entry on the page: an old graveyard and farmland, with little upstanding left of the early convent.
The two greenways are the outliers. The Royal Canal reaches Longford at its western end, where the towpath finishes at Cloondara and the canal meets the Shannon, and the built section of the Dublin–Galway route uses the same level towpath further east. Both stay flat and firm year round; the woodland and bog trails to the north walk better after a dry spell.
Home to the third-largest portal tomb in Ireland, a rare two-capstone dolmen reachable on foot from the village, with a lakeside boardwalk alongside.
Where the 1798 rebellion made its final stand, now a village of guided heritage trails, rare bogland and quiet lakeside walking with a visitor centre.
Ireland's longest greenway at 130 km of level towpath, running from Maynooth to Cloondara where the canal meets the Shannon at Longford's western edge.
By tradition Ireland's first convent, founded in the 5th century and later led by St Samthann, now an old graveyard in quiet farmland.
Way-marked forest trails along the Lough Gowna shore, passing a walled-garden ruin, a ringfort and a viewing platform, with a playground and coffee van.
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Aughnacliffe, longford
The Aughnacliffe Dolmen is the third-largest portal tomb in Ireland and the only one in the area you can easily reach on foot, a rare two-capstone monument a short walk north of the village. Around it sit an accessible lakeside boardwalk at Leebeen Park and a short waterfall trail on the River Pulliness.
Ballinamuck, longford
The 1798 Battle of Ballinamuck marked the final stand of the French-led Irish rebellion. Today, the village blends poignant heritage with rare bogland ecosystems, offering guided trails, a dedicated visitor centre and quiet lakeside walks.
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The Royal Canal Greenway is the longest in Ireland – 130 km of level towpath from Maynooth to Cloondara, where the canal meets the Shannon. It follows a waterway built between 1790 and 1817, past working locks, stone bridges, the reputedly haunted 13th lock at Deey Bridge, and cafés in Maynooth, Enfield and Mullingar.
Ballinalee, longford
Mullinaghta, longford
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Aughnacliffe, longford
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