Dundalk








Town in Leinster, Ireland
















































































Dundalk


Dún Dealgan

Town

Clockwise from top: Castle Roche, Clarke Station, St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral, The Marshes Shopping Centre, Market Square, Dundalk Institute of Technology
Clockwise from top: Castle Roche, Clarke Station, St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral, The Marshes Shopping Centre, Market Square, Dundalk Institute of Technology


Coat of arms of Dundalk
Coat of arms
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

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Dundalk is located in Europe

Dundalk

Dundalk



Dundalk (Europe)

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Coordinates: 54°00′32″N 6°24′18″W / 54.009°N 6.4049°W / 54.009; -6.4049Coordinates: 54°00′32″N 6°24′18″W / 54.009°N 6.4049°W / 54.009; -6.4049
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Louth
Dáil Éireann Louth
EU Parliament Midlands–North-West
Inhabited 3500 BC[1][2][3]
Charter 1189
Area
[4]

 • Urban

25.19 km2 (9.73 sq mi)
 • Rural

354.04 km2 (136.70 sq mi)
Population
(Census 2016)

 • Rank 8th
 • Urban

39,004 [5]
Time zone
UTC±0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+1 (IST)

Eircode routing key
A91
Telephone area code +353(0)42
Irish Grid Reference J048074
Website www.dundalk.ie

Dundalk (/dʌnˈdɔːk/, Irish: Dún Dealgan, meaning "Dalgan's fort")[6] is the county town of County Louth, Ireland. It is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay, and is near the border with Northern Ireland, halfway between Dublin and Belfast. It has associations with the mythical warrior hero Cú Chulainn.[citation needed]




Map of Dundalk




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Battles


    • 1.2 Coat of arms




  • 2 Geography


    • 2.1 Landscape


    • 2.2 Climate




  • 3 Demographics


  • 4 Places of interest


  • 5 Arts and festivals


  • 6 Transport


  • 7 Education


    • 7.1 Primary schools


      • 7.1.1 Irish-medium


      • 7.1.2 English-medium




    • 7.2 Secondary schools


      • 7.2.1 Irish-medium


      • 7.2.2 English-medium




    • 7.3 Tertiary education




  • 8 Media


  • 9 Sport


    • 9.1 Association football


    • 9.2 Rugby


    • 9.3 Ice hockey


    • 9.4 Horse racing and greyhound racing


    • 9.5 Fencing


    • 9.6 Basketball


    • 9.7 American football


    • 9.8 Tennis


    • 9.9 Cricket


    • 9.10 Snooker


    • 9.11 Cycling


    • 9.12 Kayaking


    • 9.13 Gaelic Football




  • 10 Politics and government


  • 11 Notable people


    • 11.1 Arts and Media


    • 11.2 Academia and Science


    • 11.3 Politics


    • 11.4 Religion


    • 11.5 Sport


    • 11.6 Military


    • 11.7 Business




  • 12 Twin towns and sister cities


  • 13 Namesakes


  • 14 See also


  • 15 References


  • 16 External links





History




St. Patrick's Church, Dundalk


The Dundalk area has been inhabited since at least 3500 BC during the Neolithic period. A tangible reminder of this early presence can still be seen in the form of the Proleek Dolmen, the eroded remains of a megalithic tomb located in the Ballymascanlon area to the north of Dundalk. Celtic culture arrived in Ireland around 500 BC. According to the legendary historical accounts,[7] the group settled in North Louth were known as the Conaille Muirtheimne and took their name from Conaill Carnagh, legendary chief of the Red Branch Knights of Ulster. Their land now forms upper and lower Dundalk.


Dundalk had been originally developed as an unwalled Sráid Bhaile (meaning village; translates literally as "Street Townland"). The streets passed along a gravel ridge which runs from the present day Bridge Street in the North, through Church Street to Clanbrassil Street to Earl Street, and finally to Dublin Street.


In 1169 the Normans arrived in Ireland and set about conquering large areas. By 1185 a Norman nobleman named Bertram de Verdun erected a manor house at Castletown Mount and subsequently obtained the town's charter in 1189. Another Norman family, the De Courcys, led by John de Courcy, settled in the Seatown area of Dundalk, the "Nova Villa de Dundalke". Both families assisted in the fortification of the town, building walls and other fortification in the style of a Norman fortress.[8] The town of Dundalk was developed as it lay close to an easy bridging point over the Castletown River and as a frontier town, the northern limit of The Pale. In 1236 Bertram's granddaughter, Rohesia commissioned Castle Roche to fortify the region, and to offer protection from the Irish territory of Ulster.[9]


The town was sacked in 1315, during the Bruce campaign.[10] After taking possession of the town Edward Bruce proclaimed himself King of Ireland and remained here for nearly a whole year before his army was totally defeated and himself slain after being attacked by John de Birmingham.


Dundalk had been under Royalist (Ormondist) control for centuries, until 1647 when it became occupied by The Northern Parliamentary Army of Colonel George Monck.[11]













































































































































The modern town of Dundalk largely owes its form to Lord Limerick (James Hamilton, later 1st Earl of Clanbrassil) in the 17th century. He 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. The most important of these new roads connected a newly laid down Market Square, which still survives, with a linen and cambric factory at its eastern end, adjacent to what was once an army cavalry and artillery barracks (now Aiken Barracks).[citation needed]


In the 19th century, the town grew in importance and many industries were set up in the local area, including a large distillery. This development was helped considerably by the opening of railways, the expansion of the docks area or 'Quay' and the setting up of a board of commissioners to run the town.[17]


The partition of Ireland in May 1921 turned Dundalk into a border town and the Dublin–Belfast main line into an international railway. The Irish Free State opened customs and immigration facilities at Dundalk to check goods and passengers crossing the border by train. The Irish Civil War of 1922–23 saw a number of confrontations in Dundalk. The local Fourth Northern Division of the Irish Republican Army under Frank Aiken, who took over Dundalk barracks after the British left, tried to stay neutral but 300 of them were detained by the National Army in August 1922.[18] However, a raid on Dundalk Gaol freed Aiken and over 100 other anti-treaty prisoners;[19] two weeks later he retook Dundalk barracks and captured its garrison before freeing the remaining republican prisoners there. Aiken did not try to hold the town, however, and before withdrawing he called for a truce in a meeting in the centre of Dundalk. The 49 Infantry Battalion and 58 Infantry Battalion of the National Army were based in Dundalk along with No.8 armoured locomotive and two fully armoured cars of their Railway Protection Corps.


For several decades after the end of the Civil War, Dundalk continued to function as a market town, a regional centre, and a centre of administration and manufacturing. Its position close to the border gave it considerable significance during the "Troubles" of Northern Ireland. Many people were sympathetic to the cause of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and Sinn Féin. It was in this period that Dundalk earned the nickname 'El Paso', after the Texan border town of the same name on the border with Mexico.[2][20]


In December 2000, Taoiseach Brian Cowen welcomed US president Bill Clinton to Dundalk to mark the conclusion of the Troubles and the success of the Northern Ireland peace process. Cowen said:


Dundalk is a meeting point between Dublin and Belfast, and has played a central role in the origin and evolution of the peace process. More than most towns in our country, Dundalk, as a border town, has appreciated the need for a lasting and just peace.[21]


On 1 September 1973, the 27 Infantry Battalion of the Irish Army was established with its Headquarters in Dundalk barracks, renamed Aiken Barracks in 1986 in honour of Frank Aiken.


Dundalk suffered economically when Irish membership of the European Economic Community in the 1970s exposed local manufacturers to foreign competition that they were ill-equipped to cope with.[citation needed] The result was the closure of many local factories, resulting in the highest unemployment rate in Leinster, Ireland's richest province. High unemployment produced serious social problems in the town that were only alleviated by the advent of the Celtic Tiger investment boom at the start of the 21st century. Dundalk's economy has developed rapidly since 2000.[citation needed] Today many international companies have factories in Dundalk, from food processing to high-tech computer components. Harp Lager, a beer produced by Diageo, is brewed in the Great Northern Brewery, Dundalk.


The Earls of Roden[22] had property interests in Dundalk for over three centuries, and at an auction in July 2006 the 10th Earl sold his freehold of the town, including ground rents, mineral rights, manorial rights, the reversion of leases and the freehold of highways, common land, and the fair green. Included in the sale were many documents, such as a large 18th century estate map. The buyer was undisclosed.[23]



Battles



  • 248 – Battle fought at Faughart by Cormac Ulfada, High King of Ireland against Storno (Starno), king of Lochlin[24]

  • 732 – Battle fought at Faughart by Hugh Allain, king of Ireland against the Ulaid[25]

  • 851 – Battle at Dundalk Bay between the Fingall (Norwegian) and Dubhgall (Danish) Vikings takes place [26][27][28][29]

  • 877 – Gregory, King of Scotland took Dundalk en route to Dublin[30]


  • 1318 – Battle of Dundalk (Battle of Faughart) fought on 14 October 1318 between a Hiberno-Norman force led by John de Bermingham, 1st Earl of Louth and Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick and a Scots-Irish army commanded by Edward Bruce, brother of Robert Bruce, King of Scotland.[31][32]

  • 1483 – Traghbally-of-Dundalk plundered and burned by Hugh Oge ally of Con O'Donnell[33]

  • 1566 – O'Neill besieged the town with 4,000 footmen and 700 horsemen[34]

  • 1688 – Brothers Malcolm and Archibald MacNeill, officers of William III land in Dundalk and defeat the Celtic MacScanlons in the Battle of Ballymascanlon[35]

  • 1689 – Schomberg's Williamite Army camped to the north of the town record 6,000 deaths due to fever, scurvy, and ague[36]


  • 1941 – On 24 July the town was bombed by the Luftwaffe with no casualties.

  • 1971 – The Battle of Courtbane – on Sunday 29 August 1971 a British army patrol consisting of two armoured Ferret Scout cars crossed the Irish border into Co. Louth near the village of Courtbane close to Dundalk. When attempting to retreat back angry locals blocked their way and set one of the vehicles on fire. While this was happening an IRA unit arrived on the scene and after an exchange of gunfire a British soldier was killed and another one was wounded.[37]

  • 1975 – The Dundalk Christmas Bombing – on 19 December 1975 a car bomb killed 2 and injured 15[38][39]



Coat of arms


A bend between six martlets forms the coat of arms. The bend and martlets are derived from the family of Thomas de Furnivall[40] who obtained a large part of the land and property of Dundalk and district in about 1309 by marriage to Joan de Verdon daughter of Theobald de Verdon (an Anglo-Norman family).[41] Three of these martlets, in reversed tinctures, form the arms of Dundalk FC. The ermine boar supporter is derived from the arms of the Ó hAnluain (O'Hanlon) family, Kings of Airthir.



Geography



Landscape


Situated where the Castletown River flows into Dundalk Bay, the town is close to the border with Northern Ireland (3.5 km direct point-to-point aerial transit path border to border) and equidistant from Dublin and Belfast.



Climate


Similar to much of northwest Europe, Dundalk experiences a maritime climate, sheltered by the Cooley and Mourne Mountains to the North, and undulating hills to the West and South, the town experiences mild winters, cool summers, and a lack of temperature extremes.



Demographics


Population by place of birth:




















































Location
2006[42]
2011[43]
2016[44]
Change
Ireland
28,095
29,114
29,430
+316
UK
3,488
3,839
3,791
−48
Poland
252
555
602
+47
Lithuania
421
633
657
+24
Other EU 28
692
1,119
1,508
+389
Rest of World
1,804
2,269
2,652
+383

Population by ethnic or cultural background:



















































Ethnicity or culture
2006[42]
2011[45]
2016[46]
White Irish
29,840
30,645
29,872
White Irish Traveller
325
441
535
Other White
1,802
2,987
3,572
Black or Black Irish
1,276
1,669
1,785
Asian or Asian Irish
372
687
988
Other
380
389
682
Not stated
757
711
1,206

Population by religion:






























































































Religion
2002[47]
2006[42]
2011[48]
2016[49]
Roman Catholic
29,177
30,677
31,790
30,187
Church of Ireland (incl. Protestant)
482
527


Church of Ireland, England, Anglican, Episcopalian


590

Apostolic or Pentecostal


359

Other Christian religion, n.e.s.
415
480
714

Presbyterian
169
165
178

Muslim (Islamic)
279
436
569

Orthodox (Greek, Coptic, Russian)
44
171
399

Methodist, Wesleyan
84
66


Other stated religions
467
627
541
4,248
No religion
773
1,158
1,971
3,331
Not stated
615
778
705
1,238


Places of interest


Places of interest in North Louth within 15 km of Dundalk.





























































































































































































































































































Place
Description
Location
Image

County Museum Dundalk
The county museum documenting the history of County Louth.

54°0′16.79″N 6°23′49.75″W / 54.0046639°N 6.3971528°W / 54.0046639; -6.3971528


St. Patrick's Church[50]
The site was acquired in 1834 with the building completed in 1847, but was in use from 1842.

54°0′13.94″N 6°23′56.8″W / 54.0038722°N 6.399111°W / 54.0038722; -6.399111

St Patricks Church Dundalk 2a.JPG
St. Nicholas' Church (Roman Catholic)[50]
The site was levelled and the foundations cleared out in February 1859, dedication of the Church was in August 1860. Contains a shrine to the local born St. Bridget.

54°0′35.03″N 6°24′9.1″W / 54.0097306°N 6.402528°W / 54.0097306; -6.402528

St Joseph's Redemptorist Church[51]
The community of Redemptorists, or missionary priests, settled here in 1876.[52] Contains a relic of St. Gerard Majella.

54°0′15.2″N 6°23′21.8″W / 54.004222°N 6.389389°W / 54.004222; -6.389389

Parish Church of Saint Nicholas (Anglican Church of Ireland)
Known locally as the Green Church due to its green copper spire. Contains epitaph erected to the memory of Scotland's National Bard, Robert Burns and whose sister Agnes Burns/Galt and her husband William Galt who built Stephenstown Pond are buried here.[53]

54°0′30.53″N 6°24′5.81″W / 54.0084806°N 6.4016139°W / 54.0084806; -6.4016139

St. Nicholas Church, Dundalk
Priory of St Malachy, Dominican chapel
The 'Carlingford Dominicans' official foundation in Dundalk was in 1777[54]

54°0′1.69″N 6°24′31.09″W / 54.0004694°N 6.4086361°W / 54.0004694; -6.4086361

Saint Brigid's Shrine[55][56]


54°3′11.3″N 6°23′53.24″W / 54.053139°N 6.3981222°W / 54.053139; -6.3981222

St Brigid's Well
Holy Well dedicated to St. Brigid

54°3′6.09″N 6°23′2.06″W / 54.0516917°N 6.3839056°W / 54.0516917; -6.3839056

St Bridget's Church, Kilcurry
Holds a relic of St Bridget – a fragment of her skull was brought here in 1905 by Sister Mary Agnes of the Dundalk Convent of Mercy

54°2′33.57″N 6°25′31.99″W / 54.0426583°N 6.4255528°W / 54.0426583; -6.4255528


Castle Roche
Norman castle, the seat of the De Verdun family, who built the castle in 1236 AD.

54°2′47″N 6°29′18″W / 54.04639°N 6.48833°W / 54.04639; -6.48833

Roche Castle from North West 1.jpg

Proleek Dolmen[57]
One of the finest examples of its kind in Ireland

54°2′13.86″N 6°20′53.75″W / 54.0371833°N 6.3482639°W / 54.0371833; -6.3482639

Proleek Wedge Tomb


54°2′12.84″N 6°20′49.88″W / 54.0369000°N 6.3471889°W / 54.0369000; -6.3471889

Franciscan friary
Founded 1246[58]

54°0′22.51″N 6°23′37.92″W / 54.0062528°N 6.3938667°W / 54.0062528; -6.3938667

County Louth – Seatown Castle
Windmill Tower
An eight-storey windmill-tower, built around 1800.

54°0′21.14″N 6°23′21.22″W / 54.0058722°N 6.3892278°W / 54.0058722; -6.3892278

Our Lady's Well / Ladywell
Pattern takes place here on 15 August, during the feast of the assumption.

53°59′36.91″N 6°24′8.23″W / 53.9935861°N 6.4022861°W / 53.9935861; -6.4022861

Cloghafarmore (Cuchulains / Cú Chulainn Stone)
Standing stone on which Cú Chulainn tied himself to after his battle with Lugaid in order to die on his feet, facing his enemies.

53°58′28″N 6°27′58″W / 53.974484°N 6.465991°W / 53.974484; -6.465991

Cloghafarmore.jpg
Dromiskin Round Tower & High Crosses
Founded by a disciple of St Patrick, Lughaidh (unknown – 515AD)

53°55′19.24″N 6°23′53.55″W / 53.9220111°N 6.3982083°W / 53.9220111; -6.3982083

Round Tower, Dromiskin.JPG

Cú Chulainn Castle / Dun Dealgan Castle / Castletown Motte / Byrne's Folly
Built in the late 11th century by Bertram de Verdun, a later addition was the castellated house known as 'Byrne's Folly' built in 1780 by a local pirate named Patrick Byrne.

54°0′49.77″N 6°25′48.82″W / 54.0138250°N 6.4302278°W / 54.0138250; -6.4302278

Byrne's Folly on Castletown Motte profile 2

Magic Hill
A place where the layout of the surrounding land produces the optical illusion that a very slight downhill slope appears to be an uphill slope. Thus, a car left out of gear will appear to be rolling uphill against gravity.[59]

54°1′19.6″N 6°17′31.86″W / 54.022111°N 6.2921833°W / 54.022111; -6.2921833

Long Woman's Grave or "The Cairn of Cauthleen"
The grave of a Spanish noble woman, Cauthleen, who married Lorcan O’Hanlon, the youngest son of the "Cean" or Chieftain of Omeath.[60] Her grave is known as the "Lug Bhan Fada" (long woman’s hollow).[60]

54°3′40.63″N 6°16′28.85″W / 54.0612861°N 6.2746806°W / 54.0612861; -6.2746806


Rockmarshall Court Tomb
14 metres long cairn.

54°0′33″N 6°17′5″W / 54.00917°N 6.28472°W / 54.00917; -6.28472

Dunmahon Castle
Ruins of four storeys tower-house with vault over ground floor. In 1659 it was the residence of Henry Townley.

53°57′27.48″N 6°25′19.4″W / 53.9576333°N 6.422056°W / 53.9576333; -6.422056

Haynestown castle
3-storey square tower house with corner turrets

53°57′36.47″N 6°24′40.85″W / 53.9601306°N 6.4113472°W / 53.9601306; -6.4113472

Milltown Castle
15th century Norman keep about 55 feet high built by the Gernon family.

53°55′58.77″N 6°25′34.23″W / 53.9329917°N 6.4261750°W / 53.9329917; -6.4261750

Knockabbey Castle and Gardens
Originally built in 1399, the historical water gardens originally date from the 11th century.

53°55′47.61″N 6°35′7.01″W / 53.9298917°N 6.5852806°W / 53.9298917; -6.5852806

Louth Hall Castle
Ruins originally built in the 14th century in gothic design, it was later extended in the 18th and 19th century in Georgian design. Home of the Plunkett family, Lords of Louth

53°54′44.01″N 6°33′11.56″W / 53.9122250°N 6.5532111°W / 53.9122250; -6.5532111


Roodstown Castle
Dates from the 15th century, features two turrets.

53°52′20.11″N 6°29′12.07″W / 53.8722528°N 6.4866861°W / 53.8722528; -6.4866861

Aghnaskeagh Cairn and Portal Tomb


54°3′40.59″N 6°21′28.6″W / 54.0612750°N 6.357944°W / 54.0612750; -6.357944

Faughart Round Tower
Remains of a monastery founded by St Moninna in the 5th century.

54°3′6.11″N 6°23′4.18″W / 54.0516972°N 6.3844944°W / 54.0516972; -6.3844944

Grave of Edward Bruce
Proclaimed High King of Ireland before he was killed in the battle of Faughart in 1318

54°3′6.11″N 6°23′4.18″W / 54.0516972°N 6.3844944°W / 54.0516972; -6.3844944

Faughart Motte


54°3′8.07″N 6°23′9.67″W / 54.0522417°N 6.3860194°W / 54.0522417; -6.3860194

Kilwirra Church, Templetown
St Mary's Church at Templetown, associated with the Knights Templar founded in 1118 by Hugh de Payens.

53°59′10.33″N 6°9′18.51″W / 53.9862028°N 6.1551417°W / 53.9862028; -6.1551417

Lady Well, Templetown


53°59′14.74″N 6°9′10.79″W / 53.9874278°N 6.1529972°W / 53.9874278; -6.1529972

Ardee Castle
The largest fortified medieval Tower House in Ireland or Britain, founded by Roger de Peppard in 1207, the current building was built in the 15th century by John St. Ledger. James II used it as his headquarters for a month prior to the Battle of the Boyne.

53°51′18.43″N 6°32′19.7″W / 53.8551194°N 6.538806°W / 53.8551194; -6.538806

Hatch's Castle, Ardee
Medieval Tower House

53°51′24.99″N 6°32′22.22″W / 53.8569417°N 6.5395056°W / 53.8569417; -6.5395056

Kildemock Church 'The Jumping Church'
14th century Church built on the site of the Church of Deomog (Cill Deomog), under the control of the Knights Templar until 1540.

53°50′8.96″N 6°31′14.28″W / 53.8358222°N 6.5206333°W / 53.8358222; -6.5206333

St Mary's Priory
Augustinian Priory stands on the site where St Mochta established a monastery in 528 CE.

53°57′11.68″N 6°32′38.97″W / 53.9532444°N 6.5441583°W / 53.9532444; -6.5441583

St Mochta's House
12th Century Church/Oratory.

53°57′12.33″N 6°32′43.36″W / 53.9534250°N 6.5453778°W / 53.9534250; -6.5453778

St James' Well


54°1′11.03″N 6°8′38.83″W / 54.0197306°N 6.1441194°W / 54.0197306; -6.1441194

Liberties of Carlingford
Medieval Head Carving

54°2′31.47″N 6°11′13.81″W / 54.0420750°N 6.1871694°W / 54.0420750; -6.1871694


The Mint of Carlingford
Mint established in 1467

54°2′25.06″N 6°11′11.02″W / 54.0402944°N 6.1863944°W / 54.0402944; -6.1863944

Tallanstown Motte


53°55′15.12″N 6°32′59.53″W / 53.9208667°N 6.5498694°W / 53.9208667; -6.5498694


Dominican Priory of Carlingford
Founded by Richard de Burgh in 1305

54°2′17.33″N 6°11′4.13″W / 54.0381472°N 6.1844806°W / 54.0381472; -6.1844806


King John's Castle (Carlingford)
Commissioned by Hugh de Lacy before 1186, the castle owes its name to King John (Richard the Lionheart's brother) who visited Carlingford in 1210.

54°2′35.7″N 6°11′12.3″W / 54.043250°N 6.186750°W / 54.043250; -6.186750

King John's Castle

Carlingford Lough
A glacial fjord that forms part of the border between Northern Ireland to the north and Ireland to the south. On its northern shore is County Down and on its southern shore is County Louth. At its extreme interior angle (the northwest corner) it is fed by the Newry River and the Newry Canal.

54°2′35.7″N 6°11′12.3″W / 54.043250°N 6.186750°W / 54.043250; -6.186750

Carlingford Harbour
Ravensdale Forest, Ravensdale, County Louth


54°03′08″N 6°20′23″W / 54.05222°N 6.33972°W / 54.05222; -6.33972

Ravensdale Forest.jpg


Arts and festivals


Dundalk has two photography clubs – Dundalk Photographic Society[61] and the Tain Photographic Club. In 2010 Dundalk Photographic Society won the FIAP Photography Club World Cup.[62]


Dundalk has a vibrant music environment.



  • The Fr. McNally Chamber Orchestra created in April 2010.[63] It is a string chamber orchestra made of violins, violas, double basses and cellos and has 29 members.

  • The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland[64] (CBOI) which is one of Ireland's primary youth orchestras. It is based in the Dundalk Institute of Technology and maintains a membership of 160 young musicians between the ages of 12 and 24 years. The CBOI was established in 1995 shortly after the implementation of the Peace Process and is recognised internationally and one of Ireland's flagship peace initiatives. The CBOI tours regularly to Europe and America and has sold out such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, New York and Chicago Symphony Hall.

  • The Clermont Chorale.[65] It was formed in 2003 and has 30 members, drawn from all parts of County Louth. Its repertoire includes music from the 17th to the 21st century, across many styles and genres.

  • Dundalk School of Music.[66] Created in February 2010, it aims to provide education in music for all age groups in many disciplines.

  • Historic Dundalk Gaol is the home of The Oriel Centre – a regional centre for Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann. The Oriel Centre Dundalk Gaol.[67] opened in October 2010 and focuses on the promotion of Traditional Irish music, song dance and the Irish language.










  1. ^ "St Gerard's Novena gets underway in Dundalk this Sunday - Talk of the Town". Talk of the Town. 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2018-09-10.








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