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{{short description|Peninsula in County Louth, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use Irish English|date=November 2021}}
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|name=Cooley Peninsula
|local_name= ''Cuaille''
|image_name=File:Cooley Peninsula in Ireland.png
|image_caption=Location of the Cooley Peninsula
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|location = [[Ireland]]
|waterbody = {{plainlist|
*[[Irish Sea]]}}
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|area_km2 = 155
|highest_mount = [[Slieve Foy]]
|elevation_m = 589
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|country = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|country_admin_divisions_title = County
|country_admin_divisions =  [[County Louth|Louth]]
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|density_km2 = 59.4
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|population = 9,212
|population_as_of= 2016
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{{Coord|54|2|4|N|6|13|36|W|scale:100000_region:IE|display=title}}
[[File:King johns front shadow.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Cooley Peninsula's highest point, Slieve Foy, as seen from [[Carlingford, County Louth|Carlingford]]]]

The '''Cooley Peninsula''' ({{Irish derived place name|Cuaille}},<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/1165936.aspx |title=Placenames Database of Ireland |access-date=2011-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920031948/http://www.logainm.ie/1165936.aspx |archive-date=2012-09-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> older ''Cúalṅge'')<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dil.ie/search?q=c%C3%BAalnge&search_in=headword |title=Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015801/http://www.dil.ie/search?q=c%C3%BAalnge&search_in=headword |archive-date=2019-02-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a hilly [[peninsula]] in the north of [[County Louth]] on the east coast of Ireland; the peninsula includes the small town of [[Carlingford, County Louth|Carlingford]], the port of [[Greenore]] and the village of [[Omeath]].

==Geography==
The peninsula contains the [[Cooley Mountains]], the highest of which, [[Slieve Foy]], is also the highest peak in County Louth at {{convert|589|m}}. 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 road (Ireland) |R173]] [[Regional road (Ireland)|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 ([[Old Irish]] ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015801/http://www.dil.ie/search?q=c%C3%BAalnge&search_in=headword Cúalnge]'') 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]],<ref>[http://www.discoverireland.ie/Arts-Culture-Heritage/proleek-dolmen/49966 DiscoverIreland.ie]</ref> whose capstone weighs an estimated 35 tons (31.75 tonnes), and a [[Bronze Age]] [[gallery grave]], both near [[Ballymascanlan]].

==Business==
The peninsula is primarily agricultural territory, but is also home to a number of hotels and bed-and-breakfasts, the first new distillery in Ireland in decades, the [[Cooley Distillery]] opened by [[John Teeling]] on the site of a former potato alcohol factory, several warehouse and logistics facilities, a garden centre, two cafes and other businesses.{{fact|date=November 2021}}

There is a ferry service to [[County Down]] in [[Northern Ireland]] at Greenore.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlingford Lough Ferry |url=https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/carlingford-lough-ferry-p721881 |website=Discover Northern Ireland |publisher=Tourism Northern Ireland |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>

==Sport==
The local [[Gaelic football]] and [[ladies' Gaelic football]] club is [[Cooley Kickhams]], based south of [[Carlingford, County Louth|Carlingford]].

==People==
The Cooley Peninsula is the home of current Leinster and Irish rugby players, [[Rob Kearney]] and [[David Kearney (rugby union)|David Kearney]]. U.S. President [[Joe Biden]] has ancestors from the area. He shares a great-grandfather with the Kearney brothers. RTE sports commentator [[Jimmy Magee]] (1935-2017) was raised on the Cooley Peninsula.{{cn|date=March 2018}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/tourism/eden/themes-destinations/countries/ireland/carlingford/index_en.htm Awarded "EDEN - European Destinations of Excellence" non traditional tourist destination 2008]

{{Peninsulas of Ireland}}

[[Category:Peninsulas of County Louth]]
[[Category:Locations in Táin Bó Cúailnge]]

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