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Dunleer
Sign in to saveDunleer () is a town and townland in County Louth, Ireland. Dunleer is situated midway between Dundalk and Drogheda and is located on the junction of the R132, R169 and R170 regional roads that intersect the town. As of the 2022 census, the town had a population of 2,143.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dunleer
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Upper Main Street, Dunleer, Co. Louth - geograph.org.uk - 1310757.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Upper Main Street, Dunleer
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Leinster
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- County Louth
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Dáil Éireann
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Louth
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- EU Parliament
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Midlands–North-West
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Official name
- Dún Léire
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- Leinster
- Population
- 1449
- Elevation
- 39
- Image
- Dunleer Station - geograph.org.uk - 312354.jpg
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- Irish Grid Reference
- O241284
- native label
- Dún Léire
- Commons category
- Dunleer
- historic county
- County Louth
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Encyclopedic overview
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Dunleer () is a town and townland in County Louth, Ireland. Dunleer is situated midway between Dundalk and Drogheda and is located on the junction of the R132, R169 and R170 regional roads that intersect the town. As of the 2022 census, the town had a population of 2,143.
Dunleer used to be the principal town borough in the historical barony of Ferrard and has a charter dating back to 1252. The town is in a civil parish of the same name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dunleer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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