class="apple-converted-space"> flows into Dundalk Bay. The town is
close to the border with
Northern
Ireland
and equidistant from
Dublin
and
Belfast.
The town's name, which was historically written as
Dundalgan,
has associations with the mythical
warrior
CúChulainn. The town's
crest reads
Mé do rug CúChulainnCróga, meaning
"I gave birth to brave CúChulainn". It was granted its charter in
1189. It is the largest
town
in Ireland with a population in 2011
of 37,816 and is also the largest by area.
In 2003 Dundalk was amongst nine
cities and towns to be designated Gateway status in the Irish Government's
National Spatial Strategy
