Louth’s Scenic Seafood Trail to feature on RTE's Nationwide next week

The beauty of Louth’s stunning coastline will feature on RTE1 Nationwide, with a full programme dedicated to ‘Sea Louth’, County Louth’s Scenic Seafood Trail on Wednesday the 31st May at 7pm. 

The ‘Sea Louth’ scenic seafood trail was developed by Louth County Council to showcase the county’s world-class seafood producers and to attract visitors to the county’s scenic coastline.

Nationwide are set to showcase highlights of all there is to see, eat and admire about County Louth, featuring a mix of our sea food providers, restaurants and stamp collections points. 

The programme includes contributions from: Susan Murphy, Louth County Council, Brian Larkin, Greenore Co-op (stamp collection point), Ciaran Gallagher, Gyles Quay Lobsters (Producer), Conor Halpenny, The Square Restaurant (Restaurant) Mark McGowan, Scholars Restaurant (Restaurant) and John Kirwan, The Fisherman's Catch (Stamp collection point, restaurant and producer)

The Sea Louth trail covers the entire 70km stretch of coast, highlighting stunning scenery and the finest local seafood along the way. Featuring 14 scenic viewpoints, from Drogheda to Omeath; nine producers; and over 40 restaurants, visitors can pick up sea louth ‘passports’ from tourist offices in Drogheda, Dundalk and Carlingford – or download online - and collect uniquely designed scenic viewpoint stamps from designated collection points along the trail. 

Two restaurant stamps are needed in addition to complete the passport, and can be earned by choosing a local seafood special from over 40 participating restaurants the length of the trail. 

Once completed, passports can be exchanged at the tourist offices for an exclusive sea louth memento. The passport has no expiry date, meaning visitors can come back as many times as they wish and explore the sea louth trail at their leisure.

For further information about the trail or to download a sea louth passport, visit sealouth.ie.

Funding for Sea Louth was via a grant to Louth County Council from Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) under the Fisheries Local Area Development Scheme for the North East Region. 

The grant was co-funded 50% by the Government of Ireland and 50% by the European Union. Ongoing funding and support is provided by Louth County Council.

For the latest sea louth news and updates, follow @sea_louth on Instagram and Twitter, and like @sealouth on Facebook for all the latest news and Louth travel inspiration.

Tag #sealouth to share your adventures along the trail.