County Meath
| County Meath | |
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| Area: | 2,342 kmò |
| Capital: | Navan |
| Code: | MH |
| Population: | 134,005 (2002) |
| Province: | Leinster |
Meath (An Mhàin Irish) is a county in the Republic of Ireland. Area: 2342 kmò (904 square miles). The county town is Navan, although Trim has a historical significance. Other major towns include Ashbourne, Laytown/Bettystown, and Kells with its round tower and monastic past.
Meath has experienced divergent population trends in recent years, with mild depopulation in the north and west of the county being more than offset by large increases in the population of the eastern part of the county, principally due to overspill from Dublin.
Meath (the "middle") was once a province of Ireland in its own right, but now forms part of Leinster. The High King of Ireland sat at Tara. The 5,000-year-old burial site Newgrange (Brú na Bóinne), in the northeast of the county, is a "World Heritage" designated site.
Geography
Economy
An increasing proportion of Meath residents commute into Dublin, with a resulting shift to a services based economy in the developing dormitory towns.
| Counties of Ireland | |
| Republic of Ireland: Carlow | Cavan | Clare | Cork | Donegal | Dublin | Galway | Kerry | Kildare | Kilkenny | Laois | Leitrim | Limerick | Longford | Louth | Mayo | Meath | Monaghan | Offaly | Roscommon | Sligo | Tipperary (North, South) | Waterford | Westmeath | Wexford | Wicklow | |
| Northern Ireland: Antrim | Armagh | Derry/Londonderry | Down | Fermanagh | Tyrone | |
| Provinces of Ireland: Connacht | Leinster | Munster | Ulster | |