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About Dundalk

Dundalk ( dun-DAW(L)K; Irish: Dún Dealgan [ˌd̪ˠuːn̪ˠ ˈdʲalˠɡənˠ], meaning "the fort of Dealgan", a Fir Bolg Chieftain) is the county town (the administrative centre) of County Louth, Ireland. The town is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland. It is near the border with Northern Ireland, halfway between Dublin and Belfast. It is the eighth largest urban area in Ireland, with a population of 39,004 as of the 2016 census. Having been inhabited since the Neolithic period, Dundalk was established as a Norman stronghold in the 12th century following the Norman invasion of Ireland, and became the northernmost outpost of The Pale in the Late Middle Ages.