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1792: 3637: 1147:, Thomas de Furnivall, and his family subsequently acquired much of the de Verdun land at Dundalk. The de Furnivall family's coat of arms formed the basis of the seal of the 'New Town of Dundalk'—a 14th-century seal discovered in the early 20th century, which became the town's coat of arms in 1968. The 'new town' that was established in the 13th century is the present-day town centre; the 'old town of the Castle of Dundalk' being the original de Verdun settlement at Castletown Mount 2 km to the west. The de Furnivalls then sold their holdings to the Bellew family, another Norman family long established in County Meath. The town was granted its first formal charter as a 'New Town' in the late 14th century under the reign of 4505: 4028: 2661: 4355: 1399: 4036:

P.J. Carroll tobacco factory. The original Ice House, built c. 1780, remains in the park and can be viewed from the outside. The smaller St. Helena Park is approximately 0.7 hectares (1.7 acres) and was first laid out in the 1800s. The bandstand was erected in the early 1920s. Most of the land which the park is on was reclaimed from the Castletown River. St Leonard's Garden in Seatown is a small park restored in the 1960s from a cemetery that was closed in 1896 and allowed to become overgrown. Within the park are the ruined remains of stone walls from the friary founded by Bertram de Verdun in the 12th century.

1800: 3460: 3856: 57: 4225: 4020: 3872: 2018: 145: 1539: 3864: 1097: 1350: 112: 450: 4012: 1341:. In north Louth, the authorities had successfully suppressed the activities of the United Irishmen prior to the rebellion with the help of informants, and several local leaders had been rounded up and imprisoned in Dundalk Gaol. An attack on the military barracks and gaol to free prisoners was planned for 21 June 1798. The attack failed because of a thunderstorm, which dispersed the gathered United Irish volunteers, and two of the jailed leaders—Anthony Marmion and John Hoey—were subsequently tried for treason and hanged. 4338: 3846: 3645: 12098: 1967: 76: 3449: 1164: 13020: 3838: 1610:. On 27 July, anti-treaty 'Irregulars' blew a hole in the outer wall of the gaol, freeing Aiken and his men. On 14 August, Aiken led an attack on the barracks that resulted in its capture with five National Army and two Irregular soldiers killed. Aiken's men killed another dozen National Army soldiers in guerrilla attacks before the town was retaken without resistance on 26 August. Before withdrawing, Aiken called for a truce at a meeting in the centre of Dundalk. 784: 12252: 961:, Failbhe Fion, attacked the Danes in the bay from the south. During the sea battle, Failbhe Fion boarded Sitric's ship and freed Cellachán, but was killed by Sitric who put Failbhe Fion's head on a pole. Failbhe Fion's second in command, Fingal, seized Sitric by the neck and jumped into the sea where they both drowned. Two more Irish captains each grabbed one of Sitric's two brothers and did the same, and the Danes were subsequently routed. 442: 4325: 3961:. The former is also known as Cú Chulainn Castle and Byrne's Folly and is a national monument. It sits on the site of the manor house built in the late 12th century by Bertram de Verdun when the Normans reached the area. A local pirate named Patrick Byrne built the castellated house now located on the site. Castle Roche was built by Bertram's granddaughter, Roesia, and completed by her son, John, in the late 13th century. 1514:. There, they held several RIC men and a British Army officer at gunpoint until one of the Volunteers, believing the army officer was reaching for a hidden weapon, fired at the captives, killing RIC constable Charles McGee. After the Rising ended, the Volunteers went on the run and most were captured. Four were sentenced to death for the murder of Constable McGee but were released in the general amnesty of 1917. 152: 119: 1325:. Mirroring other boroughs around the country, Dundalk Corporation was a 'closed shop', consisting of an electorate of 'freemen' (mostly absentee landlords of the Ascendancy). The Earl of Clanbrassil controlled the procedures for both the nomination of new freemen and the nomination of parliamentary candidates, therefore disenfranchising the local populace. In the late 18th century, the 4680:. Census towns which previously combined legal towns and their environs have been newly defined using the standard census town criteria (with the 100 metres proximity rule). For some towns the impact of this has been to lose area and population, compared with previous computations. 2011 census data for the 80 legal towns and their environs is available separately in table CD109. 3332:. For administrative purposes, the council is sub-divided into three areas, centred around the three main towns in the county—Dundalk, Drogheda and Ardee. The Dundalk Municipal District comprises all of the county to the north of a line running approximately east-to-north west, from the coast to the Monaghan border, across the villages of Castlebellingham and Knockbridge. 1471:, accompanied by police and soldiers, led a proclamation to the new king at the Market Square. The ceremony was interrupted by the local Sinn Féin members, who raised a tricolour beside the Maid of Erin monument and chanted "God Save Ireland" during a rendition of "God Save the King"—giving the party visibility in the town for the first time. 957:, his sister in marriage. But it was a trick to take the king prisoner and he was captured and held hostage in Armagh. An army was raised in Munster and marched on Armagh to free the king, but Sitric retreated to Dundalk and moved his hostages to his ship in Dundalk Bay as the Munster army approached. A fleet from Munster commanded by the 1237:. After the massacre in Drogheda, Cromwell wrote to the Ormondist commander in Dundalk warning him that his garrison would suffer the same fate if it did not surrender. The Duke of Ormond ordered the commander to have his men burn the town before his retreat, but they did not do so such was their haste to leave. For the remainder of the 2329:), with a population of 43,112 as of the 2022 census. Dundalk is the biggest town in Louth, however, because part of the census town of Drogheda is in County Meath. The population density of the census town of Dundalk was measured at 1,986.4/km (5,145/sq mi) in 2022. The population of the wider municipal district is 64,287. 3903:. The Maid of Erin statue, erected in 1898, is located in the Market Square in front of the Court House. The adjacent Town Hall (completed in 1865), is an elaborate Italianate Palazzo Townhall, originally designed by John Murray as a corn exchange. It was sold to the Town Commissioners on completion and now houses 4553:

as the Dundalk Snooker League in 2010 and plays in the Commercial Club in the town centre. The amateur boxing club, Dealgan ABC, was founded in 1938. The first Dundalk Cricket Club was established in 1853 and the current club was formed in 2009. They play in Hiney Park, the former Dundalk F.C. training ground.

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centre, as the increase in bus traffic brought shoppers in from a wide radius. The Northern Ireland government's decision to close many of the G.N.R. lines north of the border, however, made the company nonviable, and it was dissolved in 1958 leading to the closure of the works in Dundalk. It was replaced by

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1851, run along the length of the main beach and main street of the village. There are wetlands on both the north and south sides of the village, which are wildlife sanctuaries. In 2000, to mark the millennium year, a sundial / statue was erected in Blackrock on the promenade. The 3 m (10 ft) high

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rivers. All these rivers flow into the Irish sea at Dundalk Bay. The rivers contain wild brown trout as well as salmon and sea trout. There is a Salmon Anglers Association and a Brown Trout Anglers Association. Sea Angling is available in several locations in the wider Municipal District and there is

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The layout of Dundalk is based around three principal street systems leading to the open, central Market Square. Clanbrassil Street and Bridge Street run north from the square to the bridge over the Castletown River with the Castletown Road running west from Bridge Street towards Castletown Mount—the

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With a population of 14,000 at the time, unemployment was reported to be nearly 2,000 and it was reported that: "Up to a few years ago, Dundalk was one of the most prosperous and go-ahead towns in Ireland... it is a matter of common local knowledge that distress to an acute degree is prevalent". The

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Frank Aiken attempted to keep his division neutral during the split over the treaty but on 16 July 1922, Aiken and all of the anti-treaty elements among his men were arrested and imprisoned at Dundalk military barracks and Dundalk Gaol in a surprise move by the pro-treaty Fifth Northern Division, now

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in 1756. The modern town of Dundalk owes its form to Hamilton. The military activity of the 17th century had left the town's walls in ruins. With the collapse of the Gaelic aristocracy and the total takeover of the country by the English, Dundalk was no longer a frontier town and no longer had a need

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The Dundalk Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club was established in 1913. It is located at the Ramparts in the town centre. The club has nine tennis courts, two Olympic-standard badminton courts and two squash courts. A Dundalk and District Snooker League has been active since the 1940s. It was re-branded

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The two oldest buildings in the town centre are Saint Nicholas's Church of Ireland church and Seatown Castle. Saint Nicholas's was built c. 1400. It comprises elements of 14th- 17th- and 18th-century church buildings, having been extended, damaged, rebuilt over the centuries, and finally reworked by

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in 1876. After partition, the G.N.R. had a border running through its network, with lines crisscrossing it several times, and the Northern Ireland government wanted to close many of the lines in favour of bus transport. By the 1950s, the G.N.R. company had ceased to be profitable and Dundalk saw its

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Several companies and organisations in the town continued to use the shield with three martlets as their logo. Examples include the Dundalk Race Company Limited (the company that ran Dundalk Racecourse), the Macardle Moore and Company brewery, and Dealgan Milk Products (a dairy company formed in the

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inherited the Dundalk estate because the second Earl's sister, Lady Anne Hamilton, had married Robert Jocelyn, the first Earl of Roden. Portions of the Roden Dundalk estate were sold under the auspices of the various land acts of the 19th and early 20th centuries, culminating in the Irish Free State

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The largest park in the town centre is Ice House Hill. It is approximately 8 hectares (20 acres). The site was once part of Dundalk House demesne (the stately home of the Earl of Clanbrassil). Dundalk House itself was demolished in the early 20th century to make way for an extension of the original

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of the 1840s, the town did not suffer to the same extent as the west and south of Ireland. Cereal-based agriculture, new industries, construction projects, and the arrival of the railway all contributed to sparing the town of its worst effects. Nevertheless, so many people died in the Dundalk Union

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Louth is marketed as the 'Land of Legends', a campaign which also refers to a "rich and ancient history and heritage" and seeks to increase the number of visitors to the region "by capitalising on County Louth's unique location within Ireland's Ancient East, as the hub for the Boyne Valley and the

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of the Irish Parliamentary Party, in the closest contest of the election—O'Kelly winning by 255 votes. In the run-up to the election, the local newspapers had supported the Irish Party over Sinn Féin and complained afterwards that the area of Drogheda in County Meath that was included in the Louth

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Adjacent to the town of Dundalk is the village of Blackrock (five km (3.1 mi) from the town centre), which has three public beaches. Blackrock was a fishing village before it became popular as a resort destination in the late 19th century. The promenade and sea wall, originally built in

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The Navvy Bank (from 'navigator') is an artificial embankment constructed in the 1840s to facilitate the entry of shipping to Dundalk Port. It is approximately two km (1.2 mi) long and runs from Soldiers Point at the entrance to Dundalk Harbour, to near the present-day quay. It is now a

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and the foot soldier with his spear and sword are not known. It is believed that the foot soldier is of Norman origins and is likely traced to Bertram de Verdon and his family who planned the first wall of Dundalk and the demesne when it was designed as a Norman town. The lion, being a symbol of

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Many of the buildings of architectural note in the town were built during the 19th century. Several buildings on the streets off the Market Square are described as being in the "Dundalk style" —ornate buildings, "testifying to the confidence of Dundalk's merchant class in the latter part of the

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Linen was the first industry established in Dundalk in the mid-18th century but it failed by the end of the century, with the factories becoming derelict. It would be the next century before new industries established themselves: mills, tanneries, a foundry, a distillery, and several breweries.

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gave the town's industries breathing space, and by 1950 they had recovered from the effects of partition and the trade war. The two breweries were successful and tobacco manufacturing, shoe manufacturing, and the railway works provided thousands of jobs. The town was also a thriving commercial

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into an international railway. On 1 April 1923, the Free State government began installing border posts for the purpose of collecting customs duties. Almost immediately, the town started to suffer economic problems. The introduction of the border and tariffs exacerbated the effects of a global

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for its 15th-century fortifications. Hamilton commissioned the construction of streets leading to the town centre; his ideas stemming from his visits to Continental Europe. In addition to the demolition of the old walls and castles, he had new roads laid out eastwards of the principal streets.

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Station, and the two prison wings were later restored and divided between the 'Oriel Centre' and the Louth County Archive. The neighbouring Louth County Infirmary (completed in 1834) was designed by English architect Thomas Smith in a neo-Tudor style with a central entrance-way flanked by two

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original Norman settlement of Dundalk. Jocelyn Street, Seatown Place, and Barrack Street run east from the square towards the old Quay Street railway station, the army barracks, and the Port of Dundalk. Park Street, Dublin Street, and Hill Street run south out of the town to the Dublin Road.

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Effectively a frontier town as the northernmost outpost of The Pale, Dundalk continued to grow as the 14th and 15th centuries progressed. The town was heavily fortified, as it was regularly attacked—with at least 14 separate assaults, sieges or demands for tribute by a resurgent native Irish

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and does not suffer from the extremes of temperature experienced by many other locations at similar latitude. Summers are typically cool and partly cloudy and the winter is typically cold, wet, windy, and mostly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 2 to

3950:. His sister, Agnes Burns, is buried in the church's graveyard. Seatown Castle is at the junction of Mill Street and Castle Street. It is part of what was a Franciscan friary originally founded in the 13th century. A baptismal font in St. Nicholas's is reputed to have come from the friary. 1453:, defeating Nolan (who had stayed loyal to Parnell). The campaign, predicted by Healy to be "the nastiest fight in Ireland", saw running battles and mass brawls in the streets between Parnellites, 'Healyites', and 'Callanites'—supporters of Philip Callan, who was trying to regain his seat. 3526:(DEW)—a government-backed initiative to keep the 980 remaining workers in employment. Carroll's also continued to expand and modernise, opening a new factory on the Dublin Road in 1970. The design by Ronnie Tallon of Michael Scott & Partners subsequently won architectural awards. 1394:

that the graveyard was quickly filled. A second graveyard was opened on the Ardee Road—the Dundalk Famine Graveyard—which is known to contain approximately 4,000 bodies. It was closed in 1905 and was left derelict until the 21st century when local volunteers worked to restore it.

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The Dundalk Maytime Festival was the town's largest festival and ran for 40 years starting in 1965. It started out as a 'Grape and Grain' festival before later centring around amateur drama. It eventually ceased because of difficulties in securing sponsorship.

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in 1973, however, saw factory closures and job losses in businesses that struggled due to competition, collapsing consumer confidence, and unfavourable exchange rates with cross-border competitors. The downturn resulted in an unemployment rate of 26% by 1986.

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Golf was first played in Dundalk when a nine-hole course was laid out at Deer Park in 1893. The Dundalk Golf Club was founded in December 1904 at Deer Park, then moved to its present location in Blackrock in 1922. The current layout was designed by

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The established and merchant classes prospered alongside a general population that suffered from poverty. A typhus epidemic struck in the 1810s, potato-crop failures in the 1820s caused famine, and a cholera epidemic struck in the 1830s. During the

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The Dundalk Show (also known as the Dundalk Agricultural Show and the County Louth Agricultural Show) has run since the 19th century. It was originally held at the Dundalk racecourse in Dowdallshill, before moving to the Fair Green, the grounds of

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economy that saw an economic boom in Ireland from the mid-1990s and continued to suffer from business closures and job losses. By 2012, the town was being painted as one of Ireland's "most deprived areas" after the global downturn following the

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and it is estimated that 307 men from the Dundalk district died during the war. In the months before the outbreak of the war, the G.N.R. converted nine of its carriages into a mobile 'ambulance train', which could hold 100 wounded soldiers.

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in 1973 caused many businesses to falter during the 1970s and 1980s. The Engineering Works closed in 1985 and the last shoemaking factory closed in 2001. The ECCO (Electronics Components Company Overseas) factory, which had been opened by

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located on the higher ground that surrounds the present-day town. There are references in the annals and folklore to a pre-Norman town located in the present-day Seatown area, east of the town centre. This area was alternatively called

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chose Dundalk to make an open-air address in December 2000 in support of the peace process. In his speech in the Market Square, witnessed by an estimated 60,000 people, Clinton spoke of "a new day in Dundalk and a new day in Ireland".

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The town developed brewing, distilling, tobacco, textile, and engineering industries during the 19th century. It became prosperous and its population grew as it became an important manufacturing and trading centre—both as a hub on the

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tobacco factory were among several factories to close—finally severing the links to the town's industrial past. By 2012, the town was being painted as "one of Ireland's most deprived areas" after the global downturn following the

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After the end of the Williamite War, the third Viscount Dungannon, Mark Trevor, sold the Dundalk estate to James Hamilton of Tollymore, County Down. Hamilton's son, also James, was created Viscount Limerick in 1719 and then

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in 1673. It appears as the Corporation Seal in a town plan dated 1675. It cannot be stated definitively if there is a link between the 14th century seal and the 17th century seal. However, another Anglo-Norman family, the

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From that point, north Louth ceased to be an area of strategic importance in the war. Guerrilla attacks continued—mostly acts of sabotage, particularly against the railway. In January 1923, six anti-treaty prisoners were

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The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland (CBOI) is a youth orchestra based at Coláiste Chu Chulainn, Dundalk. It was started as a peace initiative. Since 1996, it has toured internationally and has played at venues such as

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The second half of the 19th century saw the population of Dundalk increase by 30% (despite the population of Ireland as a whole declining in the same period) as the town's industries thrived. The Malcolm Brown & Co.

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in Northern Ireland in 1968 and the town's position close to the border saw the town's population swell, as nationalists/Catholics fleeing the violence in Northern Ireland settled in the area. As a result of the ongoing

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As late as 1969, the town was still in a position to boast of its industrial prowess, with the engineering companies at the DEW prospering. The pressures of trade liberalisation introduced by Ireland's accession to the

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crew also drowned and 11 were eventually rescued. The monument in Roden Place was erected 20 years later as a memorial. The Louth County Library is located off Roden Place, in a restored building of what was the

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in 1957. The G.N.R. was nationalised on both sides of the border in 1953, and the company was finally dissolved in 1958. The closure of the G.N.R. left Dundalk with only one operational line—the Dublin–Belfast

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to the south. It is near the border with Northern Ireland (which is 7 km (4.3 mi) from the town centre by road and 3.5 km (2.2 mi) at the nearest points by air), and is equidistant between

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toured Ireland making a series of anti-treaty speeches. He visited Dundalk on 2 April 1922 and before a large crowd in the Market Square, he said that those who had negotiated the treaty "had run across to

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The Dundalk / North Louth region is marketed as part of the 'Ireland's Ancient East' campaign. The 'ancient east' encompasses Ireland's coast from the border with Northern Ireland at Carlingford Lough to

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Indigenous industry started to recover following the financial crisis, with the Great Northern Brewery being reopened as 'the Great Northern Distillery' in 2015 by John Teeling, who had established the

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was established c.1780 at Roden Place and operated successfully throughout the 19th century. Brewing was also a key industry in the town, with eight breweries in operation by the end of the 1830s. The

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closed both of the town's breweries—first Cambricville in 2001, then the Great Northern Brewery in 2013 after a decade-long wind down. Also after a long decline, the Carroll's factory closed in 2005.

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The town continued to grow in size after the war—in terms of area, population and employment—despite economic shocks such as the dissolution of the G.N.R. in 1958. The accession of Ireland to the

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A 20th century construction, which has won architectural awards, is the Carroll's tobacco factory on the Dublin Road. It has been called "a groundbreaking Irish factory design". The design, by

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was called in Ireland), there were three aeroplane crashes in what is now the municipal district. A British Hudson bomber crashed in 1941, killing three crew, and a P-51 Mustang fighter of the

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opened a line from Quay Street to Castleblayney in 1849, and by 1860 the company operated a route northwest to Derry. The line to Quay Street was later extended to Newry and Greenore by the

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was completed in 1855 and closed as a gaol in the 1930s. It was designed by John Neville, who was the county engineer at the time. The Governor's House to the front of the Gaol became the

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Many of the churches in the town were also built in the 19th century, including the Presbyterian church (1839), the former Methodist church (1834), and the Roman Catholic churches of

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was founded in 1907 by Patrick Hughes. It struggled to grow beyond a handful of members because of the dominance of the existing political factions. In 1910, on the accession of

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government lands purchase acts of the 1920s. The remaining freeholds and ground rents were sold in 2006, severing the links between the Earls of Roden and the town of Dundalk.

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During James Hamilton's improvements to the town during the 18th century, the Port of Dundalk was established and became the eighth largest in Ireland in terms of exports.

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and completed in 1980. The Ballymascanlon Hotel also has a parkland course. Greenore Golf Club (which is within the municipal district) was opened in October 1896 by the

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slates and shales. The flat, low-lying coastal plain of the main part of the urban area consists of alluvial clays, laid down as the sea retreated following the last

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on 17 June 1921, brothers John and Patrick Watters were taken from their home at the Windmill Bar and shot dead. The British authorities subsequently suppressed the

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in 1973. New industries have been established in the early part of the 21st century, including pharmaceutical, technology, financial services, and specialist foods.

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Eleven km (6.8 mi) to the north of the town, within the municipal district, is Ravensdale Forest. It is mixed woodland rising steeply to the summit of

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was commissioned for the factory. It became part of the Dundalk Institute of Technology campus in the 2010s. The 'sails' sculpture to the front was designed by

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travels through the junction for Exit 16 on the M1, runs through the east side of the town, and terminates at the junction for Exit 18 of the M1. The N53 from

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opened later, in 1896. The Dundalk Iron Works was established in 1821 and by the end of the century had expanded to become a leading employer in the town. The

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opened its first station in Dundalk. Following a series of mergers, both the Dublin and Belfast and Dundalk and Enniskillen lines were incorporated into the

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Geraghty, P.J. (1995). "Urban Improvement and the Erection of Municipal Buildings in County Louth during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries".

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landed in Belfast and marched unopposed to Dundalk but, as the bulk of his forces were raw and undisciplined as well as inferior in numbers to the

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in 1966 and become the town's leading employer by 1973, employing around 1,500 people at its peak, closed in 2006 after a long period of decline.

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and is located on the Long Walk near the town centre. The company runs a town service—Route 174. It also operates routes from Dundalk to Dublin,

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Market held in front of Dundalk Courthouse with Maid of Erin statue to front and bell tower of St Patrick's Church visible in background, c. 1906

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Unemployment in the town reached 27.9% by 1991, and pleas to government for assistance were unsuccessful. The town was slow to benefit from the

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crashed in September 1944, killing its pilot. The worst of the wartime air crashes occurred on 16 March 1942. 15 allied airmen died when their

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known to have existed at Castletown Mount before the arrival of the Normans. The first mention of Dundalk in historical sources appears in the

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O'Neill, James (2017). "Breaking the heart of Tyrone's rebellion? A reassessment of Mountjoy's first campaigns in Ulster, May-November 1600".

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Traditional Music Ensemble, the DkIT Choir, the Music Theatre Group, the Oriel Traditional Orchestra, and the Fr. McNally Chamber Orchestra.

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of the district has changed extensively since the area was first inhabited and also since the formation of the original Norman settlements.

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constituency had tipped the contest in Sinn Féin's favour. Again, the campaign saw reports of widespread violence and intimidation tactics.

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The town was slow to benefit from a 'peace dividend', and in the first decade of the new millennium the two Diageo-owned breweries and the

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was sunk by a German U-boat on 14 October 1918 on a voyage from Liverpool to Dundalk. 20 crew-members were killed, while 12 were rescued.

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on 4 March 1673. The forfeiture of property and settlements carried out during the Restoration saw much of the land of Dundalk granted to

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Archaeological and historical research suggests that before the arrival of the Normans, the district was composed of rural settlements of

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in north Louth, particularly along the western periphery of the town including at Castletown Mount, which is evidence of settlements from

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winter festival, which is held at the end of November, and an urban art festival called 'Seek Dundalk'. Street murals painted as part of

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opened a line from Quay Street to Castleblayney in 1849, and by 1860 the company operated a route northwest to Derry. Also in 1849, the

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Evans, E. Estyn (1 January 1937). "Excavations at Aghnaskeagh, Co. Louth, Cairn B: Irish Free State Scheme of Archæological Research".

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held a demonstration in Dundalk on New Year's Day, 1881, stated by the local press to be the largest gathering ever seen in the town.

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and declined to be drawn beyond the circle of his defences. With poor logistics and struck by disease, over 5,000 of his troops died.

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at Castletown is the highest point in the urban area at an elevation of 60 m (200 ft). The municipal district includes the

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Indigenous industry started to recover, with the Great Northern Brewery being reopened as 'the Great Northern Distillery' in 2015 by

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The county council has 29 elected members, 13 of whom are from the Dundalk district. Elections are held every five years and are by

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in 1316 without a male heir, the family's landholdings were split. One of Theobold de Verdun's daughters, Joan, married the second

1124:. Following three more years of battles across the north-eastern part of the island, Bruce was killed and his army defeated at the 1012:, meaning the street town of Bailé Mac Buain. Dundalk continued to be referred to as 'Sraidbhaile' in Irish into the 20th Century. 10935: 9777: 8808: 5329: 4003:. Ashlin also designed the granite-built St Joseph's Redemptorist monastery and church (finished in 1880 and 1892, respectively). 3423:

In December 1929, the town council proposed to remove the "three black crows" seal because it had supposedly been imposed by King

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Gosling, Paul (1991). "From Dún Delca to Dundalk: The Topography and Archaeology of a Medieval Frontier Town A.D. c. 1187-1700".

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The History of Dundalk, and Its Environs: From the Earliest Historic Period to the Present Time, with Memoirs of Its Eminent Men

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Arts Centre, which comprises a 350-seat main theatre, a 55-seat studio theatre, a visual arts gallery, and two workshop spaces.

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There are several references in the annals to battles fought in the district such as the 'Battle of Fochart' in 732, which are

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Dundalk Institute of Technology Department of Creative Arts, Media and Music has several groups and ensembles, including the

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to form a single County Louth constituency—the precursor of the constituency formed following the creation of Dáil Éireann.

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was kept in service for the duration of the war before being decommissioned in 1919. The war came to Dundalk weeks before

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in 1926 following a series of strikes. B&I maintained the Dundalk to Liverpool route as a weekly service until 1968.

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O'Sullivan, Harold (1977). "The Cromwellian and Restoration Settlements in the Civil Parish of Dundalk, 1649 to 1673".

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was established with its headquarters in Dundalk barracks, as a result of the ongoing violence in the border region of

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tobacco factory was started on a small scale in the 1820s and grew throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. The

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Norman royalty, can be found on many crests and atop buildings in Dublin and many other former Norman settlements.

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of the 'New Town of Dundalk', which itself dates to the 14th century. The modern-day coat of arms contains the motto

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what his reaction would be if the British bombed Dundalk to stop the IRA from launching attacks in Northern Ireland.

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on an azure field. The earliest recorded use of this coat of arms is when the Corporation of Dundalk was granted a

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Neary, J. Peter; Ó Gráda, Cormac (1991). "Protection, Economic War and Structural Change: The 1930s in Ireland".

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Later generations of de Verduns continued to own lands at Dundalk into the 14th century. Following the death of

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held every year since 1960 on Annaverna Mountain on the Cooley Peninsula, and the Brigid of Faughart Festival.

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Cooley, Mourne and Gullion Regions". Dundalk is home to Ireland's tallest mural, which depicts the warrior god

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that was adopted by the first Norman settlers of the area in the 12th century. It means "the fort of Dealgan" (

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and the discovery of a type of pottery known as 'souterrain ware', which has only been found in north Louth,

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19 °C (36 to 66 °F) and is rarely below −2 °C (28 °F) or above 23 °C (73 °F).

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Most of what is recorded about the Dundalk area between the 5th century and the foundation of the town as a

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of early Irish literature, are set in the first century AD, before the arrival of Christianity to Ireland.

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announcements in the latter half of the 2010s, particularly in the technology and pharmaceutical sectors.

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The Louth Mavericks American Football Club is based in Dundalk and was established in 2012. They play in

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Theatre, Town Hall, Crowe Street; and The Oriel Centre in the former Dundalk Gaol, a regional centre for

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The Kelly Monument is in nearby Roden Place, in front of St Patrick's Church. In 1858, a ship called the

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bomber crashed into Slieve na Glogh, which rises above the townland of Jenkinstown. On 24 July 1941, the

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There are no local or regional television services. In radio, Dundalk is serviced by regional stations

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In 1540, the Priory of St Leonard founded by Bertram de Verdun was surrendered to the Crown because of

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in Irish. These names could have derived from the folkloric tale of the death of Bailé Mac Buain—hence

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O'Sullivan, Harold (1998). "The Background to and the Events of the Insurrection of 1798 in Dundalk".

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and undulating farmland form a crescent around the town's outer limits. This area contains contorted

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Armit, Ian; England), Prehistoric Society (London; Belfast, Queen's University of (1 January 2003).

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Dundalk celebrated '1,200 years of history' in January 1989 when the then President of Ireland, Dr.

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that Cú Chulainn reputedly tied himself to before he died, is located to the west of the town, near

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Wilson, Maureen (1983). "Dundalk Poor-Law Union Workhouse: The First Twenty-Five Years, 1839-64".

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after a campaign of voter suppression and intimidation on both sides. Following the split in the

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under the Transport Acts of 1932 and 1933. It has been operated by Halpenny Travel since 1920.

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district, which was now in a different jurisdiction. The iron works and the distillery, which

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O'Sullivan, Harold (1961). "Two Eighteenth-Century Maps of the Clanbrassil Estate, Dundalk".

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public walkway. Along its route, there is a memorial to those who died in the sinking of the

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The first language of the majority of 'white Irish' residents of Dundalk is English (a.k.a.

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Population density per km2 of each small area (SA) in County Louth based on 2016 Census data

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on the east coast of Ireland, with the town centre on the south side of the river. It is in

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meetings. It is Ireland's first all-weather horse racing track. The stadium also hosts the

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secondary routes closed—first the line to Greenore and Newry in 1951, and then the line to

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were more active in Ulster, and were responsible for the derailing of a military train at

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is a bronze sculpture of a female diving figure, which was subsequently named 'Aisling'.

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The Dundalk-Blackrock route was one of very few bus routes not compulsorily purchased by

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recounts the mythical tale of a 10th-century naval battle in Dundalk Bay. Sitric, son of

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period. Pre-Christian archaeological sites in the Dundalk Municipal District include the

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Thornton, David E. (1997). "Early Medieval Louth: The Kingdom of Conaille Muirtheimne".

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dropped bombs near the town. There were no casualties and only minor damage was caused.

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to the south, indicating that the district was a border area between separate kingdoms.

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Irish Whiskey: A History of Distilling, the Spirit Trade and Excise Controls in Ireland

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population recorded between 1300 and 1600 (with more than that number being likely).

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Within the wider Dundalk Municipal District, festivals and events also include the

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The Ó Fiaich Institute of Further Education also offers further education courses.

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recessed ground floor arcades. It was purchased by Dundalk Grammar School in 2000.

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Dundalk Port is a cargo import and export facility. There is no passenger traffic.

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for the purposes of local government, which is approximately equivalent to the pre-

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into North Louth. The town was also the scene of several killings connected to the

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of Scotland had acquired in 1912, were the first major local industries to close.

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in 1927. The club's current crest retains the three martlets but on a red shield.

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until 1885. In 1885, the constituency was combined with the northern part of the

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indicate that the Dundalk district was first inhabited circa 3700 BC during the

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in 1922–23. They were elected to the Free State League (which later became the

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had left Dundalk to take part in the Rising. After the countermanding order of

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Railway Town : The Story of the Great Northern Railway Works and Dundalk

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Railway Town : The Story of the Great Northern Railway Works and Dundalk

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on 106.2 FM. The local radio station is Dundalk FM, broadcasting on 97.7 FM.

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since moving from its original home at the Dundalk Athletic Grounds in 1936.

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Dundalk is the closest station to the border on the southern side along the

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newspaper for reporting on the incident, and smashed its printing presses.

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after these industries closed or scaled back both in the aftermath of the

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This article is about the town of Dundalk in Ireland. For other uses, see

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Division 1, train at DKIT, and play their matches at Dundalk Rugby Club.

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during World War I. At Soldiers Point there is a bronze sculpture called

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of the monarchy, the Corporation of Dundalk was granted a new charter by

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Dundalk and North Louth: Paintings and Stories from Cuchulainn's Country

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Dundalk and North Louth: Paintings and Stories from Cuchulainn's Country

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at the National Library of Ireland in 1968, and is a replication of the

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the highest of the peaks at an elevation of 589 m (1,932 ft).

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and its internal feuds and criminal activity. On 1 September 1973, the

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Approximately 2,500 men from Louth volunteered for Allied regiments in

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area, with the last speaker of a 'Louth Irish' dialect dying in 1960.

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in the town include Coláiste Lú (an Irish medium secondary school or

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When the first Earl died in 1758, the estates passed to his son, the

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are set in the district, and the motto on the town's coat of arms is

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is an annual religious festival held over nine days in St. Joseph's

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in 1894. It was renamed Clarke Station in 1966, in commemoration of

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Duiche Neill: The Journal of the O'Neill Country Historical Society

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Seven km (4.3 mi) to the south-west of the town, between

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killed two people and injured 15. There were several incidents of

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and Dundalk became a focal point of the politics of the time. The

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