County Museum Dundalk (Irish: Músaem Chontae Dhún Dealgan) is a museum located in Dundalk which documents the history of County Louth. The museum is housed in the Carroll Centre at Roden Place in Jocelyn Street, in a restored 18th century warehouse which was once part of Dundalk Distillery.
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The Dundalk Distillery was an Irish whiskey distillery that operated in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland between 1708 and 1926. It is thought to have been one of the old registered distilleries in Ireland. Two of the distillery buildings, the grain store and maltings, still exist and now house the County Museum and Dundalk Library.
The distillery was used as a navigation point by seamen due to its two large chimney stacks, one of which was the largest in Ireland when it was built in 1817.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral, located in Bridgetown, Barbados, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgetown. It is one of two cathedrals in that territory, the other being the Anglican Cathedral of St. Michael.
Originally built in 1848, St. Patrick's was virtually destroyed by a fire in 1897, suspected to have been started by Protestant elements. A new cathedral church, however, was completed in 1899 and consecrated on August 23, 1903. Today it houses the Catholic religious services, has a training center and has a collection of heraldic plates. It became a cathedral in 1970 with the creation of the Diocese of Bridgetown.
Since 2011 it has been listed in as a Unesco World Heritage Site as part of the historic center of Bridgetown.
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The Church of St. Patrick, also named St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral, is a large Roman Catholic church located in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. Dedicated to Saint Patrick known as the "Apostle of Ireland". He is the primary patron saint of Ireland.
It is built in the Gothic style, and was designed by the architect Thomas Duff.
It is possible to follow the masses celebrated at St Patrick's Parish live from the parish church website.
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DundalkK; Irish: Dún Dealgan) is the county town of County Louth in the province of Leinster, Ireland. The town is situated on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland, and is halfway between Dublin and Belfast, 7 km south of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is surrounded by several townlands and villages that form the wider Dundalk Municipal District.
It is the seventh largest urban area in the Republic of Ireland, with a population of 43,112 as of the 2022 census, and the twelfth largest settlement on the island of Ireland, by population.
Dundalk has been inhabited since the Neolithic period. It was established as a Norman stronghold in the 12th century following the Norman invasion of Ireland, and became the northernmost outpost of The Pale in the Late Middle Ages. Located where the northernmost point of the province of Leinster meets the province of Ulster, the town came to be known as the "Gap of the North". The modern street layout dates from the early 18th century and owes its form to James Hamilton. The legends of the mythical warrior hero Cú Chulainn are set in this district, and the motto on the town's coat of arms is Irish: Mé do rug Cú Chulainn cróga.
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 Great Northern Railway network and with its maritime link to Liverpool from the Port of Dundalk. It suffered from high unemployment and urban decay after these industries closed or were scaled back, both in the aftermath of the Partition of Ireland in 1921 and following the accession of Ireland to the European Economic Community in 1973. New industries were established in the early part of the 21st century, including pharmaceutical, technology, financial services, and specialist foods.
There is one third-level education institute, Dundalk Institute of Technology, which is a university college of Queen's University Belfast as of the 2026–27 academic year. The largest theatre in the town, An Táin Arts Centre, is housed in Dundalk Town Hall, and the restored buildings of the nearby former Dundalk Distillery house both the County Museum Dundalk and the Louth County Library. Sporting clubs include Dundalk Football Club, Dundalk Rugby Club, Dundalk Golf Club, and several clubs competing in Gaelic games. Dundalk Stadium is a horse and greyhound racing venue and is Ireland's only all-weather horse racing track.
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Dundalk Town Hall, is a municipal building in Crowe Street, Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. It currently accommodates the An Táin Arts Centre.
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