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Omeath —County Louth

Leaving Carlingford via the road to Newry, the Omeath district is entered at the town land of Ballyoonan, stretching hence along the Lough shore to Cornamucklagh and ranging back from the shore along the Northern slopes of Slieve Foye to the long woman's grave and the northern slopes of Carnwaddy, Clermont and the flagstaff Hill standing high above Narrowwater on the west.
This area and its counterpart kingdom of Mourne on the north shore was almost certainly the site of the Viking settlement in Carlingford from whom it gets its name Carlinn Fjord. Well served by a good road system the district can be accessed by car, cycle or on foot and provides panoramic views of Carlingford Lough, the volcanic ring dyke of Slieve Foye and the mountains of Mourne. Omeath was the last native Irish-speaking district of north Leinster where an Irish school was maintained in the earliest part of the present century in what is now the Park Hotel before it was moved to Rannafast in County Donegal. In addition to the Tain Holiday village with its extensive leisure facilities and Caravan Park the village itself and it's surrounding areas are well supplied with hotels and guesthouses.