County Louth - Definition and Overview

County Louth
Area:	820 km²
Capital:	Dundalk
Code:	LH
Population:	101,821 (2002)
Province:	Leinster

County Louth (An Lú in Irish) is a county on the east coast of Ireland. The name is from the Irish, An Lú, meaning "least" – for so it is – the county is the smallest in Ireland. The county town of Louth is Dundalk.

Towns in County Louth:

• Ardee
• Dundalk
• Drogheda

External link

• http://www.countylouth.com/

History

Louth History (http://www.louthonline.com/History/history.html)

	Traditional counties of Ireland
Connacht: Galway | Leitrim | Mayo | Roscommon | Sligo
Munster: Clare | Cork | Kerry | Limerick | Tipperary | Waterford
Leinster: Carlow | Dublin | Kildare | Kilkenny | Laois | Longford | Louth | Meath | Offaly | Westmeath | Wexford | Wicklow
Ulster: Antrim * | Armagh * | Cavan | Donegal | Down * | Fermanagh * | Londonderry * | Monaghan | Tyrone *
* Counties in Northern Ireland (other counties are in the Republic of Ireland)
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