Famous QUOTES from Ireland’s county LOUTH

“Lugh sáimh-ioldánach” (“Lugh equally skilled in many arts”). — Official county motto .
Many circumstances contribute to render the maritime county of Louth, although the smallest county of Ireland, exceedingly interesting, either in reference to its existing remains, or to the prominent station it occupies in Irish history. The siege of Drogheda is scarcely paralleled for atrocity, on the part of the besiegers; and the ” memory ” of the battle of the Boyne-water is, as it must ever be, ” glorious and immortal.” – Samuel Carter Hall and Anna Maria Hall, Ireland, its scenery and character (1841-43)
Dundalk, a walled-in fortress of the Pale and originally a de Verdon stronghold, was the starting place of many an English foray into the northern territory held by the O’Neills and O’Donnells. The town is a half-way house between Dublin and Belfast; standing in what is called ‘The Gap of the North – Bryan MacMahon 1909-1998), Here’s Ireland (1971).
“Louth accents: where words fight each other to get out first.” — Social media.
“Among Ireland’s counties sure Louth is but small, / Yet in prosperous towns she can revel them all…” – Patrick Reilly, from Something for nothing in Ardee (1861).
“I have put my arms around her skeleton. / For fear that her forearms might unravel…” – Michael Longley, referring to the landscape/history near Carlingford.
“I lived ten years in that city [Dundalk], and you are lying to say that houses with slate roofs exist, with windows, wooden floors and rooms upstairs.” – Patrick Kavanagh.
“Louth: the Wee County, but with a coastline longer than you’d expect and history deeper than the Boyne.” — Social media..
“In Louth, the accent is so incecipherable you need subtitles or a translator from Dundalk.” — Social media.
To Drogheda, a well-built town, active in trade, the Boyne bringing ships to it.” — Arthur Young, *A Tour in Ireland (1776-1779)
“I’m just saying, you might get sick of Dundalk, but you might miss it too.” – Oliver Callan (b1980).

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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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