Dundalk

Also known as Dún Dealgan

thumb|alt=Map of Dundalk |Map of Dundalk thumb|alt=Area of Dundalk Municipal District |Area of Dundalk Municipal District Dundalk ( ; ) is the county town of County Louth in the province of Leinster, Ireland. The town is situated on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland, and is halfway between Dublin and Belfast, south of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is surrounded by several townlands and villages that form the wider Dundalk Municipal District.

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Dundalk is the county town of County Louth in Ireland, located on the east coast halfway between Dublin and Belfast, just south of the Irish border. The town sits on the Castletown River and serves as the center of the wider Dundalk Municipal District.

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Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.name: Dundalk
Settlement.image_skyline: DundalkMontage.png
Settlement.image_caption: Clockwise from top: Castle Roche, Clarke Station, St. Patrick's Church, The Marshes Shopping Centre, Market Square, Dundalk Institute of Technology
Settlement.image_shield: Dundalk Town Crest.svg
Settlement.motto: 'I gave birth to brave Cú Chulainn'
Settlement.mapsize: 230px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Dundalk in Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ireland#Europe
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Ireland
Settlement.blank_name_sec1: Irish Grid Reference
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Leinster
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Dundalk
Population: 39004
Area: 24.68
Elevation: 1
Official website: dundalk.ie
Image: DundalkMontage.png
Dialing code: 042

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Commons category: Dundalk
postal code: A91
Irish Grid Reference: J048074
inception: 3500-00-00
native label: Dún Dealgan
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History
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Norman arrival
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Independence
Border town
21st century
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It is the seventh largest urban area in the Republic of Ireland, with a population of 43,112 as of the 2022 census, and the twelfth largest settlement on the island of Ireland, by population.