Granard
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![Granard Motte](/Images/godic/202501/16/Granard_Motte0111.png")
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Granard (Irish:Gránard) is a town in the north of County Longford, Ireland, and has a traceable history going back to AD 236. 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.