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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 [...]

Tall stone crosses with decorative carving. High crosses are Ireland’s greatest contribution to European sculpture of the first millennium. These crosses were erected at monasteries to edify and teach both monks and laity through biblical representations carved on many of them. High kings helped commission them from the ninth to the twelfth century. Fine examples [...]