Cooley Peninsula
The Cooley Peninsula is a hilly peninsula in County Louth, Ireland, which includes towns such as Omeath, Carlingford and Greenore.Geography
The peninsula contains the Cooley Mountains, the highest of which, Slieve Foy, is also the highest peak in County Louth at. To the north is Carlingford Lough and the border with Northern Ireland; to the south is Dundalk Bay. The peninsula is ringed by the R173 regional road.
The peninsula is geologically diverse, with 440-million-year-old Silurian greywacke sandstones in the northwest and southwest, 340-million-year-old limestones in the east, and 60-million-year-old volcanic rocks forming the Cooley Mountains.Antiquity
In Irish mythology Cooley was the home of the bull Donn Cuailnge, and the site of the Táin Bó Cúailnge "Cattle Raid of Cooley". Ancient monuments in Cooley include the Proleek Dolmen, whose capstone weighs an estimated 35 tons, and a Bronze Age gallery grave, both near Ballymascanlan.People
The Cooley Peninsula is the home of current Leinster and Irish rugby players, Rob Kearney and David Kearney. RTE sports commentator Jimmy Magee was raised on the Cooley Peninsula.Sport
The local Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club is Cooley Kickhams, based south of Carlingford.
