Dundalk

county town and administrative capital of County Louth, Ireland

Dundalk (Irish: Dún Dealgan) is a town in County Louth, Republic of Ireland, near the border with Northern Ireland. It takes its name from Dún Dealgan, "Dalga's fort" and officially became a town in 1189. It is located at a ford on the Castletown River. The town's crest reads "Mé do rug Cú Chulainn Cróga" (I gave birth to brave Cú Chulainn) Dundalk is twinned with the town of Rezé in France.[2]

Dundalk
Irish: Dún Dealgan
Town
Clanbrassil Street, the main thoroughfare of Dundalk
Clanbrassil Street, the main thoroughfare of Dundalk
Coat of arms of Dundalk
Motto(s): 
Mé do rug Cú Chulainn cróga  (Irish)
"I gave birth to brave Cú Chulainn"
Dundalk is located in Ireland
Dundalk
Dundalk
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°00′32″N 6°24′18″W / 54.009°N 6.4049°W / 54.009; -6.4049
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Louth
Dáil ÉireannLouth-East Meath
EU ParliamentEast
Area
 • Town24.68 km2 (9.53 sq mi)
Population
 (Census 2011)
 • Rank6th
 • Urban
31,073
 • Rural
25,581
 • CSA
56,654
Irish Grid ReferenceJ048074
Dialing code042, +353 42
Websitewww.dundalk.ie

Dundalk has a large population of 39,004 inhabitants.[1] In 2003, Dundalk was amongst nine cities and towns to be given "Gateway status" in the Irish Government's "National Spatial Strategy". "Gateway towns" will be the first to get funding for improving their towns.[3]

References change

  1. "Table 6 - Population and area of each Province, County, City, urban area, rural area and Electoral Division, 2011 and 2006" (PDF). Census 2011, Volume 1 - Population Classified by Area. Central Statistics Office. 2011-06-20. p. 70. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
  2. "Dundalk - Reze twinning page". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  3. Irish Spatial Strategy

Other websites change

  Media related to Dundalk at Wikimedia Commons