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County Louth (/ l aʊ ð / LOWDH; [4] Irish: Contae Lú) [5] is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster.Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the north-east, across Carlingford Lough.
Louth (Irish: Lú) [2] is a village at the heart of County Louth, Ireland. It is approximately 11 km south-west of Dundalk, 11 km to the neighbouring town of Ardee and 15 km south-east of Carrickmacross town in County Monaghan. The village gave its name to the county. Louth is in a barony and civil parish of the same name. [2]
This is a list of the historical names for 'Louth', the village and county in Ireland. [1] The Placenames Branch, Dept. of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht [ 2 ] undertakes research into the placenames of Ireland to provide authoritative Irish language versions of those placenames for official and public use.
Drogheda had a population of 44,135 inhabitants in 2022, making it the eleventh largest settlement by population in all of Ireland, and the largest town in Ireland, [a] by both population and area. [4] It is the second largest in County Louth with 35,990 and sixth largest in County Meath with 8,145.
The study of placenames in Ireland unveils features of the country's history and geography and the development of the Irish language. The name of Ireland itself comes from the Irish name Éire, added to the Germanic word land. In mythology, Éire was an Irish goddess of the land and of sovereignty (see Ériu).
The Monasterboice (Irish: Mainistir Bhuithe) ruins are the remains of an early Christian monastic settlement in County Louth in Ireland, north of Drogheda.The ruins are a national monument of Ireland and also give their name to the local village and to a civil parish of the same name.
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