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Dundalk

American  
[duhn-dawk, duhn-dawk, -dawlk] / ˈdʌn dɔk, dʌnˈdɔk, -ˈdɔlk /

noun

  1. a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.

  2. a seaport in NE Republic of Ireland.


Dundalk British  
/ dʌnˈdɔːk /

noun

  1. a town in NE Republic of Ireland, on Dundalk Bay : county town of Co Louth. Pop: 32 505 (2002)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Court documents show that during a June 2025 incident with the Secret Service, Best, of Dundalk, Maryland, told agents he wanted to be arrested.

From BBC May 25, 2026

A number of services have been affected, including the cross-border Enterprise service to Dublin which is operating a bus substitution service between Newry and Dundalk.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2026

Today Dundalk is bright and vibrant with healthy occupancy, strong footfall and well-presented shops.

From BBC Dec. 21, 2025

But back in Dundalk, Paddy Malone is content.

From BBC Dec. 21, 2025

When demand for steel increased during World War I, streams of white workers moved into the nearby town of Dundalk, and Bethlehem Steel’s housing barracks for black workers quickly overflowed, pushing them into Turner Station.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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