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Sounds like a local nickname for a train line to me.

It's interesting because there also are The Mets. So you have the Met and the Mets, but nobody familiar with both would ever think of the other when hearing either.

That would make for a great fundraising gala. The Mets at The Met

But where did they meet? Was it at the Met?

"The Mets met at the Met".

And what did they meet? Was it also the Met?

They met on The Met

And who was on the first base?

Exactly.

In Ireland the first thing that comes to mind is probably "the met office" which is our national weather / meteorological service. See http://met.ie