County Louth is located in the province of Leinster with a population of approximately 111,000 people. The majority of people live in either Dundalk or Drogheda town. Louth is affectionately called the “Wee County” as it is the smallest of Ireland’s 32 counties. Louth village and county Louth were named after the Celtic pagon god Lugh. The county is steeped in myth, legend and history from the pre-historic days of the Cooley Cattle Raid to the influence of the Vikings. Oliver Cromwell attacked Drogheda in 1649 slaughtering the Royalist garrison (Siege of Drogheda). The priest and scientist Nicholas Callan (born 1799) was from County Louth.

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