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Map of Dundalk Area of Dundalk Municipal District. Dundalk (/ d ʌ n ˈ d ɔː (l) k / dun-DAW(L)K; [5] Irish: Dún Dealgan) is the county town of County Louth, Ireland.The town is situated on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the north-east coast of Ireland, and is halfway between Dublin and Belfast, close to and south of the border with Northern Ireland.
Both the crests of Dundalk and County Louth reference the legend of Táin Bó Cúailnge. Louth traces its name from the Celtic god Lú. According to one interpretation of The Táin, Lú's son is the warrior Cú Chulainn, who it is claimed was born in near Dundalk, hence the fates of Dundalk and Louth are always linked together.
Ireland portal; This is a sortable table of the approximately 676 townlands in County Louth, Ireland. [1] [2] A plain version of this list showing townland names only is also available for easy alphabetical navigation and convenient overview.
County Louth (/ l aʊ ð / LOWDH; [4] Irish: Contae Lú) [5] is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster.Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the north-east, across Carlingford Lough.
Louth (Irish: Lú) [2] is a village at the heart of County Louth, Ireland.It is roughly 11 km south-west of the town of Dundalk, 10.9 km to neighbouring town Ardee.The village is approximately 15 km south-east of Carrickmacross town in County Monaghan.
Haggardstown (Irish: Baile Hagaird) [1] is a townland and civil parish located in the barony of Upper Dundalk, [2] on the southern outskirts of Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. [2] The civil parish of Haggardstown lies on the shore of Dundalk Bay, north of the estuary of the River Fane, and includes the village of Blackrock and Dundalk Golf Club.
Louth is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects five deputies ( Teachtaí Dála , commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Dundalk Upper is found in north County Louth, containing the valleys of the Castletown River and River Fane.. Dundalk Upper is bordered to the east by Dundalk Lower (Irish: Dún Dealgan Íochtarach), to the south by Louth (Irish: Lú), to the west by Farney (Irish: Fearnaigh), County Monaghan, and to the north by Orior Upper (Irish: Na hOirthir Uachtaracha) and Fews Upper (Irish: Na Feá ...