Condado de Louth, LU Contao Irish, County Louth
County Lú / Louth LU Contao Irish,County Louth in English is located on the west coast of Ireland in the province of Leinster. Su nombre quiere decir en irlandés "el menor", y en consecuencia es el condado de menor tamaño de Irlanda. Its Irish name means "the younger" and therefore is the smallest county in Ireland. La capital del condado de Lú / Louth es Dún Dealgan (en irlandés ) / Dundalk (en inglés ). The county town of Lú / Louth is Dealgan Dún (in Irish) / Dundalk (in English). Su superficie es de 820 km² y su población en 2002 era de 101.821 habitantes. Its area is 820 km ² and its population in 2002 was 101,821 inhabitants.
History
This is a county steeped in myth, legend and history, going back to prehistoric days of the Táin Bó Cuailgne. El condado vivió más adelante la influencia de los vikingos según lo visto en nombre de Carlingford Lough. The county lived below the influence of the Vikings as seen in the name of Carlingford Lough. In the early fourteenth century, defeated the Scottish army of Edward Bruce (brother of Robert Bruce) in Faughart battle near Dundalk, Edward not only lost their options to become High King of Ireland, but also his life. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries offered many skirmishes and battles involving Irish and English forces. Oliver Cromwell attacked Drogheda in 1649 defeating the garrison of Royalist defending the city.
Arte y patrimonio
Monasterboice: monastic ruins and graveyard with large Celtic curcas most notably the cross Muiredach.
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