Louth councillor welcomes addition of Faughart to Ireland's Ancient East

Dundalk-Carlingford's Cllr John Reilly has said that the addition of St Brigid's Shrine and Faughart graveyard to the Ireland's Ancient East website is a major development for the Faughart area.

Cllr Reilly, who is from the Kilcurry area, has confirmed that the Ireland's Ancient East is to include both local historical areas on the tourist website.

"We have a massive amount of history in both sites", said Cllr Reilly. "Faughart of course is the birthplace of St Brigid and next year is the 1,500th  anniversary of her death."

The Fine Gael councillor continued, "The marketing of Faughart will take on a new dimension in the coming months ahead. With the interest in St Brigid becoming stronger into the lead up to next years anniversary and not forgetting a national holiday in her name. 

"But this area has so much more to offer to the day tripper, with the burial-ground of Edward De Bruce (High King of Ireland) who was killed at the famous battle of Faughart in 1318, to the holy well in Faughart Graveyard, the site of early Christianity at the edge of Leinster and Ulster looking down on the Gap of the North."

"Bringing tourism to north Louth has been one of my top priorities", claims Cllr Reilly, "and this recent achievement has been a major first step."