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This eBook offering is an excerpt of Lonely Planet's latest Ireland guide book and includes:

• Counties Meath, Louth, Cavan & Monaghan chapter

• Understand Ireland

• Counties Meath, Louth, Cavan & Monaghan maps

Magnificent ruins throughout Meath and Louth still whisper tales of a time when Ireland was known as the Land of Saints and Scholars. By contrast, the emerald hills and fish-filled lakes of counties Monaghan and Cavan offer a far quieter pace.

This guide is the result of research by dedicated authors and local experts who immersed themselves in Counties Meath, Louth, Cavan & Monaghan, finding unique experiences, and sharing practical and honest advice, so you come away informed and amazed. This guide includes up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, eat, sights, cultural information, maps, transport tips and a few best kept secrets – all the essentials to get to the heart of Counties Meath, Louth, Cavan & Monaghan.

Coverage includes:

• Understand Ireland: Ireland Today, History, Irish Way of Life, Music, Literary Ireland, Irish Landscapes, Sporting Ireland, Directory, Transport, Glossary and Language

• County Meath, Battle of Boyne Site, Laytown, Slane, Navan & around, Tara, Dunsany Castle, Trim, Kells, Loughcrew Cairns, County Louth, Drogheda & around, Dundalk, Cooley Peninsula, County Cavan, Cavan Town & around, Southern Cavan, Eastern Cavan, Northwestern Cavan, Monaghan Town, Rossmore Forest Park, Clones & around, Carrickmacross & around and Inniskeen.

Lonely Planet's Ireland guide is researched and written by: Fionn Davenport, Neil Wilson, Etain O'Carroll, Catherine Le Nevez, Ryan Ver Berkmoes.