Dundalk
Sign in to savethumb|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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- Clockwise from top: Castle Roche, Clarke Station, St. Patrick's Church, The Marshes Shopping Centre, Market Square, Dundalk Institute of Technology
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- 'I gave birth to brave Cú Chulainn'
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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.
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.
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