Laytown

Laytown An Inse (Irish)
Village
Laytown Races
Laytown Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°41′02″N 6°14′36″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Meath
Irish Grid Reference	O162714

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1831	587	—
1841	317	−46.0%
1851	333	+5.0%
1861	68	−79.6%
1901	112	+64.7%
1936	258	+130.4%
1946	401	+55.4%
1951	411	+2.5%
1956	1,117	+171.8%
1961	1,034	−7.4%
1966	1,339	+29.5%
1971	1,882	+40.6%
1981	2,997	+59.2%
1986	3,321	+10.8%
1991	3,360	+1.2%
1996	3,678	+9.5%
2002	5,597	+52.2%
2006	8,978	+60.4%

The Tara Brooch, now at the National Museum

Laytown (Irish: An Inse, meaning 'the holm') 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.

Beachfront sculpture Voyager