Forgney

Forgney (Irish: Forgnaí) is a civil parish and townland in County Longford, Ireland.

[1] Evidence of ancient settlement in the area include a number of ringfort and holy well sites in Forgney townland.

[2] The townland, which has an area of approximately 3.1 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi),[3] had a population of 77 people as of the 2011 census.

The church contains a stained glass window with a brass plaque erected in 1897 and inscribed: To the glory of God and in Memory of Oliver Goldsmith, Poet, Novelist, playwright, born in this parish, of which his father was for twelve years Curate.

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