placenamesCastletown
Caisleán Dhún Dealgan
Castletown is a civil parish in Louth. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationCastletown54.02406° N · 6.40001° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Caisleán Dhún Dealgan · Irish · main form · validated name
- Castletown · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Louth
- Barony
- Dundalk Lower
- Barony
- Dundalk Upper
- Coordinates
- 54.02406, -6.40001
- Mapped area
- 8.29 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1691 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Castletown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.