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A source of great pride...
and minstrels with their harps...
m e a t h ... l a n d o f m y s t e r y a n d h i s t o r y
Rath Cairn and Baile Ghib, in
the Meath Gaeltacht, is in the
land of Kings, the very core of
Celtic Ireland..."Here sat in
days of yore Kings with golden
crowns upon their heads... "
County Meath is truly timeless.
It must be a source of great
pride to the spirits of Ireland's
High Kings, Queens and Celtic
Warriors, that in two small
townlands called Rath Cairn
and Baile Ghib their noble
Gaelic still survives as a
spoken language.
Beside the Rath Cairn and
Baile Ghib Gaeltacht is the
medieval town of Áth Buí
(Athboy) meaning the town of
the yellow Ford, with some of
its original walls still intact.
The Church of Ireland in
Athboy has an interesting
medieval table tomb and just
two miles away is the Hill of
Ward, and Iron Age Fort, and
once the reputed seat of the
High Kings of Ireland.