Haggardstown () is a

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and a civil parish located on the outskirts of

Dundalk Dundalk ( ; ga, Dún Dealgan ), meaning "the fort of Dealgan", is the county town (the administrative centre) of County Louth, Ireland. The town is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland. It is hal ...

County Louth County Louth ( ; ga, An Lú) is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the ...

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. The

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of Haggardstown lies on the shore of

Dundalk Bay Dundalk Bay ( ga, Cuan Dhún Dealgan) is a large (33 km2), exposed estuary on the east coast of Ireland. The inner bay is shallow, sandy and intertidal, though it slopes into a deeper area 2 km from the transitional water boundar ...

, north of the estuary of the River Fane, and includes the village of

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Education

There are three primary-level schools in the Haggardstown-Blackrock area, one of them located in Haggardstown itself. There are no second-level education facilities in Haggardstown or Blackrock.

Religion

Haggardstown has a large

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church (dating from 1923), to which is attached a large adjoining

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. There is also a

Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second l ...

church (dating from 1827) in Haynestown, a townland southwest of Haggardstown.

Transport

Haggardstown is located along the R132, known locally as the Old Dublin Road, which traverses the western part of the townland. Haggardstown is approximately 5 km from

Dundalk railway station Dundalk Clarke railway station ( ga, Stáisiún Dhún Dealgan Uí Cleirigh) serves Dundalk in County Louth, Ireland. It consists of an island platform, with a bay facing south. It is served by the Dublin-Belfast "Enterprise" express trains a ...

. The

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, which connects the Dundalk area with

Newry Newry (; ) is a city in Northern Ireland, divided by the Clanrye river in counties Armagh and Down, from Belfast and from Dublin. It had a population of 26,967 in 2011. Newry was founded in 1144 alongside a Cistercian monastery, although ...

and

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, is also close by. A number of bus services, with stops along the R132, run through Haggardstown.

Sport

Geraldines GFC Geraldines are a GAA club from Haggardstown, County Louth, and Blackrock, County Louth, Ireland. The club fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organized by Louth GAA The Louth County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ...

is the local

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team. The club has won the Louth Senior Football Championship five times.

Notable people

* Gerard Hoey, Louth senior county footballer

References

{{reflist Townlands of County Louth