DUNDALK, a seaport of Co. Louth, Ireland, near the mouth of the Castletown river, in Dundalk bay. Pop. of urban district (1926) 14,007. It is an important junction on the G.N. railway, by which it is S4 m. N. from Dublin. Dundalk was a borough by prescription, and received charters from Edward III. and suc cessive kings. It was stormed in 1315 by Edward Bruce, who here proclaimed himself king. He was defeated and killed by the English in 1318 in the neighbourhood, and was buried at Faughart, near Dundalk. Ruins of a Franciscan priory with a lofty tower may still be seen. There are railway works, distilleries, breweries, flax and jute spinning mills, salt works, etc. Trade is in agri cultural produce and live stock. The town is also the centre of sea and salmon fisheries.