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Towns of Longford
Arvagh —County Longford
The Arvagh area was settled by Scottish planters in the early 17th century. A story is told that one of them, John Brown, sold the land here for a horse! The Earls of Gosford, the descendants of the man who bought it, developed the town in the early 19th century, building a Market House which is still standing. William Bleakley, born in Arvagh in 1890, went to America when he was 16. He was a pioneer of aviation and was the first to perform the aerobatic feat of looping the loop.
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Arvagh 'King of Clubs' International Coarse Fishing Competition
