Navan, county town of Meath, sits where the Boyne and Blackwater rivers meet and serves as a springboard to Ireland's Ancient East. Fifteen minutes south, the Hill of Tara—legendary seat of Ireland's High Kings—offers sunset views over quilt-pattern farmland. Anglers cast for salmon on the Blackwater, cyclists trace canal paths toward Trim Castle and foodies sample bean-to-bar chocolate in Georgian shopfronts. Navan feels relaxed, but layers of myth and Norman masonry lie behind every hedgerow.