Omeath
Omeath is a village on the Cooley Peninsula in the north of County Louth in Ireland, close to the border with both County Armagh and County Down in Northern Ireland.- Type: Village with 778 residents
- Description: town in County Louth, Leinster, Ireland
- Also known as: “Ó Méith”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Narrow Water Castle and Clermont Carn.
Narrow Water Castle
Castle
Narrow Water Castle, also known locally as Narrow Water Keep, is a 16th-century tower house and bawn near Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland. It was occupied by the Hall family from the 17th until the 19th century, when they built a large Elizabethan revival-style mansion, also known as Narrow Water Castle, within the same townland. Narrow Water Castle is situated 3½ km northwest of Omeath.
Clermont Carn
Peak
Clermont Carn, also known as Black Mountain, is a mountain that rises to 510 metres in the Cooley Mountains of County Louth, Ireland. It is at the border with Northern Ireland, and is also the location of the Clermont Carn transmission site. Clermont Carn is situated 4 km west of Omeath.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Warrenpoint and Rostrevor.
Warrenpoint
Town
Warrenpoint is a small port town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits at the head of Carlingford Lough, south of Newry, and is separated from the Republic of Ireland by a narrow strait.
Rostrevor
Village
Rostrevor is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the foot of Slieve Martin on the coast of Carlingford Lough, near Warrenpoint. Rostrevor is situated 4½ km east of Omeath.
Burren
Village
Burren is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is near Warrenpoint. It is not to be confused with the Burren area in County Clare. Burren is situated 5 km north of Omeath.
Omeath
- Categories: human settlement, border city, and locality
- Location: County Louth, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.08694° or 54° 5′ 13″ north
Longitude
-6.26167° or 6° 15′ 42″ west
Population
778
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
9C6M3PPQ+Q8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Omeath” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Omeath”
- Breton: “Ó Méith”
- Bulgarian: “Омеатх”
- Cebuano: “Omeath”
- Cornish: “Ó Méith”
- Dutch: “Omeath”
- German: “Omeath”
- Irish: “Ó Méith”
- Japanese: “オミース”
- Manx: “Ó Méith”
- Polish: “Omeath”
- Russian: “Омат”
- Russian: “Омит”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ó Méith”
- Spanish: “Omeath”
- Swedish: “Omeath”
- Welsh: “Ó Méith”
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