Town of Omeath
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Omeath district lies in the townland of Ballyonan by the road to Newry from Carlingford. It was the last native Irish speaking district of north Leinster. The Irish School here in the earliest part of this century is now the Park Hotel before it was shifted to Rannafast in County Donegal. Omeath stretches from the [...]
Omeath district lies in the townland of Ballyonan by the road to Newry from Carlingford. It was the last native Irish speaking district of north Leinster. The Irish School here in the earliest part of this century is now the Park Hotel before it was shifted to Rannafast in County Donegal. Omeath stretches from the Lough shore to Cornamucklagh and from the seaside along the northern slopes of Sliabh Foy (1,935 feet) to the Long Womans Grave and the northern slopes of ... Read More
