Laytown

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Place details

Region: Leinster
Country: Éire / Ireland
Population: 10,889
Timezone: Europe/Dublin

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Laytown
Settlement.native_name_lang: ga
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Laytown Strand Races - geograph.org.uk - 547827.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Laytown Races
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Leinster
Settlement.subdivision_type3: County
Settlement.subdivision_name3: County Meath
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.blank_name: Irish Grid Reference

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Wikidata facts

Elevation: 0
Image: Laytown meath beach.jpg

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Commons category: Laytown
Irish Grid Reference: O162714
native label: An Inse

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Contents

History
Archaeological finds
19th and 20th century developments
Subsequent growth
Geography
Education
Transport and communications
Amenities
Laytown on film
Laytown races
Governance
See also
References

thumb|upright|The Tara Brooch, now at the National Museum

Laytown () is a village in County Meath, Ireland, overlooking the Irish Sea. Historically it was called Ninch, after the townland it occupies. Together with the neighbouring villages of Mornington, Bettystown and Donacarney, it comprises the census town of Laytown–Bettystown–Mornington–Donacarney, which recorded a population of 15,642 in the 2022 census.