- Louth’s Proleek Dolmen, a 5,000-year-old megalithic tomb near Dundalk, features a 40-tonne capstone balanced on three upright stones.
- The county’s Mellifont Abbey, founded in 1142, was Ireland’s first Cistercian monastery, built with continental architectural influences.
- Drogheda’s Saint Peter’s Church houses the preserved head of Saint Oliver Plunkett, a 17th-century martyr, in a glass reliquary.
- Louth’s Cooley Peninsula inspired the Táin Bó Cúailnge, an ancient Irish epic about a cattle raid led by Queen Medb.
- The Jumping Church in Kildemock has a wall that mysteriously shifted inward in 1715, leaving only the foundations misaligned.
- Louth is Ireland’s smallest county by area, covering just 826 square kilometres, yet contains two major towns, Drogheda and Dundalk.
- The Boyne Valley’s Brú na Bóinne, partly in Louth, includes Newgrange, a 5,200-year-old passage tomb older than the Pyramids.
- Carlingford’s King John’s Castle, built in the 12th century, was a key Norman stronghold and one of Ireland’s earliest stone castles.
- Louth’s Monasterboice contains a 10th-century high cross, Muiredach’s Cross, intricately carved with biblical scenes and Celtic patterns.
- The county’s Beaulieu House, built in 1660, is one of Ireland’s oldest unfortified manor houses, with a rare 17th-century garden layout.
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County Louth:
Ireland’s county Louth is a county of historic depth and coastal beauty, with Drogheda’s St Peter’s Church housing a historic shrine and the Boyne Valley offering ancient sites like Newgrange, a UNESCO-listed passage tomb just over the border in county Meath. Carlingford’s medieval streets and castle provide scenic walks, while Dundalk’s coastal paths add natural allure. Other attractions include the Cooley Peninsula’s hiking trails. Louth is Ireland’s smallest county by size (821 sq km) and 17th largest by population (139,703). Population peaked at 128,240 in 1841 and reached its lowest point, 63,665 in 1926. In terms of hospitality, Louth is Ireland’s 21st most visited tourist county with around 108,000 international visitors per year.
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