Longford is a county in the middle of the Republic of Ireland — the south of the island, not Northern Ireland. The county town has the same name. It is inland and quite small; Irish people know it, but many learners have never heard it.

Longford朗福德 is是 a county in the middle of the Republic of Ireland愛爾蘭共和國中部的一個郡 — the south of the island是這座島的南邊, not Northern Ireland不是北愛爾蘭。The county town郡治 has the same name跟郡同名。It is inland and quite small是內陸、面積不大的地方; Irish people know it愛爾蘭人都知道它, but many learners have never heard it但很多學英文的人卻從沒聽過。

Say it like LONG-fəd.

Say it唸起來 like LONG-fəd像LONG-fəd。

The spelling looks English, as if it were “long” plus “ford” (a shallow place to cross a river), and some English places really do have that story. Though actually, for this Irish county the name comes from Irish an Longfort, “the camp” or “the stronghold.” English writers spelled the Irish name so that it looked like an English place name. So the tidy picture of a long river crossing is the wrong story here.

The spelling拼法 looks English看起來很英式, as if it were好像是 "long"「long」（長的意思） plus加上 "ford" (a shallow place to cross a river)「ford」（涉水過河的淺灘）, and some English places而有些英國地名 really do have that story確實就是這樣來的。Though actually不過事實上, for this Irish county這個愛爾蘭郡的名字 the name comes from Irish an Longfort是來自愛爾蘭語an Longfort, "the camp" or "the stronghold."意思是「營地」或「堡壘」。English writers英語使用者 spelled the Irish name把這個愛爾蘭字拼成 so that it looked like an English place name看起來像英文地名的樣子。So所以, the tidy picture of a long river crossing「長長的過河處」這個工整的說法 is the wrong story here在這裡其實是錯的。