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Mellifont was , in medieval times, one of the most important monasteries in Ireland , the motherhouse of the Cistercian order and building of exceptional beauty and grandeur. The ruins you see today do no justice to this former glory, but they’re still pretty impressive. So have a look on any tours of Ireland. At its [...]

County Louth is a maritime county in the province of Leinster….woth seeing on tours of Ireland.  Ireland’s smallest county, only 318 square miles, Louth is, however, more heavily populated than other larger counties because it has the major towns of Drogheda and Dundalk near both its northern and southern extremities.  These two towns together account for [...]