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Omeath

Village in County Louth, Ireland

Field	Value
name	Omeath
native_name	Ó Méith
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Town
image_skyline	Looking across Carlingford Lough to Omeath in Southern Ireland - geograph.org.uk - 1396171.jpg
image_caption	Looking across Carlingford Lough to Omeath
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Leinster
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	County Louth
unit_pref	Metric
population_as_of	2016
population_footnotes
population_total	603
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	-1
coordinates
blank_name	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info

Omeath (; or Uí Meth) is a village on the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth, Ireland, close to the border with Northern Ireland. It is roughly midway between Dublin and Belfast, very near the County Louth and County Armagh/County Down border. As of the 2016 census, Omeath had a population of 603, up from 439 during the 2006 census. It is approximately 6 km from Carlingford and about 8 km from Newry. By sea, Omeath's nearest land neighbour is Warrenpoint on the south County Down coast.

Omeath is home to the Cúchulainn Gaels Gaelic Athletic Association club.

Name

It is named after Muireadheach Méith (méith meaning 'the fat') and was originally called Uí Méith Mara, by the sea, to distinguish it from another Ó Méith named after the same man.

History

Omeath was a village that sprung up around the old Omeath railway station in 1876. The town attracted day-trippers from around Northern Ireland and elsewhere, but unlike nearby Warrenpoint, Omeath never became a major residential centre. Smuggling was common, especially around the time of the Emergency (WWII). One mid-19th century source reports that the town had little arable land and residents survived mostly by selling fish.

Irish language

Speakers of Irish existed in Omeath until the middle of the 20th century. The last native speaker of Omeath Irish was Anne O'Hanlon, who died in 1960 aged 89. Although the dialect is now extinct, recordings have been made by German linguist Wilhelm Doegen for the Royal Irish Academy.

Transport

The town is located on the R173 regional road.

Omeath railway station was on the Dundalk, Newry and Greenore railway, which opened on 1 August 1876 and finally closed on 1 January 1952.

A regular bus service runs through the village and links the village with Newry and Dundalk. Bus Éireann Route 161 operates Monday to Friday, and Halpenny Travel operate a service on Sundays with journeys to Dundalk and Newry. In the summer months, a regular foot passenger ferry service operates between Omeath and Warrenpoint County Down. Bikes and small motorcycles can also use this service during the summer months.

References

"Sapmap Area - Settlements - Omeath". Central Statistics Office.
Connor, Dyane. (5 July 2018). "Omeath house searched in NI murder investigation".
"Ó Méith / Omeath". Irish Placenames Commission.
(1854). "Irish Itinerary of Fayjer Edmund MacCana". Ulster Journal of Archaeology.
"Omeath Area Plan". Louth County Council.
O'Sullivan, Harold. (1997). "Dundalk and North Louth: Paintings and Stories from Cuchulainn's Country".
"Gaeilge Cho Lú 1961". [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]].
"Doegen Records Web Project". Digital Humanities Observatory.
"Omeath station".
"Timetable (161) Dundalk − Carlingford − Omeath − Newry".
"Louth Linx Rural Transport Routes". Fastwindow.ie.

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