County Louth is Ireland’s smallest county in the province of Leinster. Despite this it has a bigger population than larger counties due to it containing the major towns of Drogheda and Dundalk. Both Drogheda and Dundalk account for just over half the county’s population. Also found within the county is the strikingly beautiful Cooley Peninsula. On the Cooley Peninsula is found the active port of Greenore, a small whiskey distillery, and the historic town of Carlingford.
The legendary epic Tan Bo Cuailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) is the true claim to fame of the Cooley Peninsula; this tale chronicles the attempts of Queen Maeve of Connacht to carry off a prized bull from Cooley so that her herd could equal that of her husband’s.
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