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County Louth
County Louth is the smallest county in Ireland, on the east coast in the province of Leinster, with Dundalk and Drogheda as its main towns. Part of the kingdom of Airgialla in the 12th century, it was settled by the Anglo-Normans from the late 12th century and lay within the English Pale. Mellifont Abbey and the early monastery of Monasterboice are in the county.
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