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Dundalk

Dundalk is the county town of County Louth on the east coast of the Republic of Ireland, 7 km south of the border with Northern Ireland. It's industrial and residential but there are scenic areas to the north, especially the Cooley peninsula. Wikivoyage

Population 39,004 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Ireland

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Ireland

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Dundalk. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Féile na Tána

    February

    Féile na Tána is a festival and masterclass in Irish trad music, song and dance, held in February in Carlingford

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Dundalk); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 4 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.