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Haggardstown (Irish: Baile Hagaird)[1] is a townland and civil parish located in the barony of Upper Dundalk,[2] on the southern outskirts of Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.[2] The civil parish of Haggardstown lies on the shore of Dundalk Bay, north of the estuary of the River Fane, and includes the village of Blackrock and Dundalk Golf Club.
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There are three primary-level schools in the Haggardstown townland, one of them located in Haggardstown itself.[3] There are no second-level education facilities in Haggardstown.
Haggardstown has a large Roman Catholic church (dating from 1923),[4] to which is attached a large adjoining cemetery. There is also a Church of Ireland church (dating from 1827) in Haynestown, a townland southwest of Haggardstown.[5]
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 Clarke railway station. The M1 Motorway, which connects the Dundalk area with Newry and Dublin, is also close by. A number of bus services, with stops along the R132, run through Haggardstown.
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Geraldines GFC is the local Gaelic football team. The club has won the Louth Senior Football Championship five times.[6]
- Gerard Hoey, Louth senior county footballer[citation needed]
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