Famous QUOTES from Ireland’s county MEATH

“Beautiful Meath, you’ve got all that I need / Your rivers they flow with delight. / Your fields are so green, there’s plains to be seen / And your towns are shining so bright.” — Mary Duff (contemporary singer; from the song “Beautiful Meath” by Nelson).
“The hills are crying from the fields to me, / And calling me with music from a choir / Of waters in their woods where I can see / The bloom unfolded on the whins like fire.” — Francis Ledwidge, “The Blackbird” (refers to his home in Meath)
The fertile plains of Meath must always have drawn towards them the eyes of the land-greedy. Indelible is the apposite word to describe the variety of shafted castles and noble ruins, that, wholly unexpectedly, met my eyes – Bryan MacMahon 1909-1998), Here’s Ireland (1971).
“When I came to Tara and looked over the plain of Meath there was a storm like a little lost thing, in the West, going before a South wind with the sunlight chasing it.” — Lord Dunsany (Edward Plunkett), *My Ireland* (1937)
“I have no doubt but some of the learned of the present time may be able to assign some rational cause for the erection of those rude heaps.” — The Dublin Penny Journal (1836), regarding the Loughcrew Cairns in Meath
“I knew it, the Abbey Farm, very well. It really did sit among the fields, within the trees, the river around it. The fields will never leave you.” – Mary Lavin (1912–1996) from ales from Bective Bridge (1942)
The county of Meath is the great grazing ground of Ireland, and consists almost entirely of pasture-land, vying in its external aspect with the richest of the English counties, and perhaps surpassing any of them in fertility. The hedges are remarkably luxuriant; the trees (of which there is an unusual abundance) are of extraordinary growth; and the fields have, at all times and seasons, that brilliant green so refreshing to the eye, and so cheering to the mind when associated with ideas of comfort and prosperity. There is, indeed, no part of Ireland where the Englishman will find himself so completely at home; f or, added to great natural beauty, he sees on all sides the beneficial results of careful cultivation, and marks in every direction the ordinary consequences of industry directed by science; while the poverty and wretchedness that are elsewhere forced upon his attention is here seldom perceptible; and ” the clamorous voice of woe ” rarely ” intrudes upon the ear.” Much of this apparently prosperous character is, however, hollow and unsubstantial: the large farmers are indeed wealthy, but of small farmers there are few or none; the policy of the “graziers” has been for a long time to devote the produce of the soil to the raising of cattle; and the ” clearing of estates ” in Meath has, therefore, been proceeding at a very disastrous rate – Samuel Carter Hall and Anna Maria Hall, Ireland, its scenery and character (1841-43)
“Meath: Sovereignty lies at the centre, where we are in good stewardship of the land and in right standing with our soul’s path, and the people around us.”— Description of the ancient fifth Province of Meath
Teltown with its contests in wrestling, swimming-and up to the early nineteenth century chariot-racing-for many years possessed an amorous and humorous survival of its possibly pre-Gaelic assembly. Here the marriageable girls arranged themselves on one side of a long wall and the nubile boys on the other. On a given signal a girl thrust her arm through an aperture in the rock face: if the projecting arm was admired by a boy he took its owner in an espousal that approximated to marriage. Selection went on until all the available lovers were paired off. If the marriage did not prove a success the couple returned a year and a day later to the nearby height of Rath Dubh. The girl faced north, the boy south and, signo data, they stalked away from one another into a dissolution of the marriage bond. ‘A year and a day, like a Teltown marriage!’ is an old saying in the County Meath. – Bryan MacMahon 1909-1998), Here’s Ireland (1971).
He looked at the fields of Meath and seen there all the simple birds and flowers, with a vividness which made those pages like a magnifying glass, through which one looked at familiar things for the first time.” — Edward Plunket, Lord Dunsany describing the work of Meath-born poet Francis Ledwidge.
“Happy though captive in years, walked last with me there. / Yes, happy in Meath with me for a day. / He walked, taking stock of herds hid in their own breathing…” — Frederick Robert Higgins (1896–1941), Irish poe).
“So be proud all of Ireland of history long gone / That inspired generations of men later on / Your age is your greatness and a testament still / As you stand Bru na Boinne on a County Meath hill.” — Social media.
“Once Patrick lit a fire / Upon Slane hill in County Meath. / Billows of smoke filled the air / And rose above the heath…” — Traditional.
“County Meath: where the earth isn’t just old — it’s whispering secrets from 5,000 years ago at Newgrange.” — Social media.
I make my way through Oldcastle which is south of Lough Ramor and over the County Meath border; there I look upwards at the hills due south of the town where on almost every summit is a cairn, a tumulus, a ringfort or a passage grave. These moderate-sized eminences also afford fine views over the central lowlands. – Bryan MacMahon 1909-1998), Here’s Ireland (1971).
“Meath: the Royal County, because even the kings knew a good central location when they saw one.” — Social media.
“In Meath, history is so thick you trip over it—literally, at Newgrange or Trim Castle.” — Social media..
“County Meath: small enough to feel cosy, big enough in legend to host Ireland’s origin myths.” — Social media..
“In Meath, time stands still at Newgrange—probably because the ancients aligned it perfectly with the sun and forgot daylight savings.” — Social media.
Such was the Boyne, a poor inglorious stream,/ That in Hibernian vales obscurely strayed,/ And unobserved in wild meanders played;/ Till by your lines and Nassau’s sword renowned,/ Its rising billows through the world resound,/ Where ere the hero’s godlike acts can pierce,/ Or where the fame of an immortal verse. Joseph Addison, letter from Italy to Lord Halifax, 1701
My first impression of Tara proved prosaic: a boy at a hut extracted a small toll, then resumed his kicking of a red ball. Over the green pastures I strode until I came to the edge of an impressive ridge. A truly royal vista spread below me. Tara was once the very core of Ireland. In legend, tale, poetry and song, the variegated story of the Irish people is bound up with this noble ridge where long since the halls of wood and clay have melted into the grass. The origins of Tara are lost in the arabesque of fairy lore associated with the mythical Tuatha-De-Danaan – Bryan MacMahon 1909-1998), Here’s Ireland (1971).
“No more to chiefs and ladies bright/ The harp of Tara swells/ The chord alone that breaks at night/Its tale of ruin tells” Tom Moore, the Harp that Once through Tara’s Halls.
“And from the plains of Royal Meath, strong men came hurrying through” – The Foggy Dew, by Charles O’Neill (1887–1963).
“So be proud all of Ireland of history long gone/ That inspired generations of men later on/ Your age is your greatness and a testament still/ As you stand Bru na Boinne on a County Meath hill.” – Unknown

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Ireland’s county Meath is steeped in Ireland’s ancient past, with the Hill of Tara offering a glimpse into royal history and panoramic views. The UNESCO-listed Brú na Bóinne complex, including Newgrange and Knowth, showcases intricate Neolithic tombs, while Trim Castle provides medieval grandeur. Other attractions include the Boyne River’s scenic walks and historic Slane Castle. Meath is Ireland’s 14th largest county by size (2,336 square km) and eighth largest by population (220,826). Population previously peaked at 183,828 in 1841 and reached its lowest point, 62,969 in 1926. In terms of hospitality, Meath is Ireland’s 19th most visited tourist county with around 122,000 international visitors per year.

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