County Louth - Towns

Dunleer is the principal town in the barony of Ferrad and was formerly a municipal corporation of seventeenth century foundation. It is the site of the early Irish monastery of Lann Leire or Church of Leire the Lann being derived from the Welsh Llan suggesting a Britonic origin.

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This late nineteenth century village at the mouth of Carlingford Lough was a development of 1873 when the railway connecting Newry and Dundalk to the deep water port of Greenore was first opened. The port itself was opened in 1867 to provide a passenger and freight link with the west coast of Britain. While port and railways were closed down in 1951 the former has survived, shipping cattle and other freight to Britain and continental Europe. There are fine views of Carlingford Lough, Slieve Foy, and the Mourne mountains, access to a gravely seashore where fish can be caught by rod and line and by no means least popular Greenore Golf Club.

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Though now only a cluster of houses, it was once important enough to give its name to the county. St Patrick is said to have built the original church here and to have appointed St Mochta first Bishop of Louth . St Mochta 's House, beside the village, is a small building dating probably from the twelfth century. It is in excellent preservation and has a high-pitched roof of stone. The lower storey is vaulted and the upper is reached by a stairway built into one of the walls. Also beside the villages St Mary's Abbey. Built long before Anglo Norman times, it was reconditioned in 1148 by Donough O'Carroll, the Prince of Oriel, who also endowed Mellifont. In 1242 an important synod was held here. The abbey was destroyed by fire in 1312 but rebuilt. The ruins (probably 14th century) are of a large church about 150 feet by 50 feet.

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Located midway between Castlebellingham and Ardee is the hamlet of Mansfieldtown, known for its church.

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