Town of Omeath
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 Carnwaddy, Clermont, and the Flagstaff Hill standing high above Narrowwater on the west. This place along with its resembling kingdom of Mourne to the northern seaside is sure to be the site of the Viking settlement in Carlingford after whom the region got its name Carlinn Fjord. When this area come once again in the hands of the Irish, it was redistributed into two, the northern side to the Mughdorna (Mourne) and the southern side to the Ui Meith (Omeath) both of the same kingdom, the O’ Carrall kingdom of the Oirghialla. The excellent roads developed in this district allows the visitors to travel into this region by bus or car or on foot enjoying the unending natural beauty of of Carlingford Lough, the sedimentary deposits of volcanoes in Sliabh Foy and row of mountains across the Lough in County Down. The Tain Holiday village with its expensive leisure facilities and Caravan Park is not the only place for visitors. Instead, the village itself and its surrounding area are rich with affordable hotel and guest houses and other catering facilities coupled with pony and trap rides from Omeath.