There is a superb sandy beach extending from south of Laytown to Mornington. Every inch of this coast is suitable for pleasant and safe bath. A ancient burial mound of eight meters in the shape of a bee-hive is found here, which is considered to be that of Laogh, one of Cuchulainn’s charioteers. Near this town is situated Sonairte, the National Ecology Centre.
This is a coastal resort lying on a short patch of coastline which is County Meaths only outlet to the sea. Its name derives from Baile an Bhiadhtaigh meaning the town of the Hospitaller. A long beautiful sandy beach lies 10 km to the south of the adjacent Laytown to the mouth of Boyne as Mornington. In 1850 was found out on the beach at Bettystown the 18th century Tara Brooch, one of the best samples of the gold ornamental art of the Early Christian Ireland which is presently preserved in the National Monument in Dublin.