Qualla: County Louth https://qualla.com/county-louth en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: County Louth https://qualla.com/county-louth County Louth: Introduction https://qualla.com/county-louth/ They call it the Wee County. Louth is the smallest of Ireland's thirty-two counties by land area, smaller than New York City, and yet it carries more history per square kilometre than almost anywhere else on the island. It is named for Lugh, a god of the ancient Irish. It is where Cu Chulainn defended Ulster from Queen Medb's armies in the Tain Bo Cuailnge. It is where Vikings built a longphort at Annagassan in the ninth century, where Edward Bruce was crowned would-be High King of Ireland in 1316, where Oliver Cromwell slaughtered the garrison of Drogheda in 1649, and where the M1 motorway now carries commuters between Dublin and Belfast.

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/e/6/county-louth-wp/gce6-county-louth-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full County Louth: Named for a God https://qualla.com/county-louth/ The county takes its name from the village of Louth, which in turn is named for Lugh - the shining one, the master-of-many-arts, the god whose summer festival of Lughnasadh once marked the start of the harvest across the Gaelic world. The older Irish spellings of the place vary: ...

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