Dundalk Municipal District
On 7 February 2014, the Dundalk Municipal District was created under the S.I. No. 58/2014 - County of Louth Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2014.
It has 13 elected members who meet once per calendar month, and who are also members of the Louth County Council, the district encompasses two Local Electoral Areas; "Dundalk —Carlingford", and "Dundalk — South", serving a population of 55,806.
Seat summary
Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 23 May 2014.†Replaced during term, see table below for details.
Co-options
Cathaoirleach (Chairman) & Leas Chathaoirleach (Deputy Chairman) of Municipal District
Every year, each local authority elects a chair called the Cathaoirleach for a term of one year and a deputy chair called the Leas-Cathaoirleach from among its members. The members elected for each municipal district elect a Cathaoirleach and a Leas-Chathaoirleach for their grouping. The Cathaoirleach chairs the meetings of the local authority or municipal district. Since June 2014 there has been five Cathaoirleach and five Leas-Cathaoirleach of the Dundalk Municipal District Council.Cathaoirleach & Leas Chathaoirleach party distribution
Breakdown of the times the Cathaoirleach was held by each political party in Louth since June 2014:| Name | Description of Local Electoral Area | Members |
| Dundalk —Carlingford | The electoral divisions of Ballymascanlan, Carlingford, Drummullagh, Dundalk No. 2 Urban, Faughart, Greenore, Jenkinstown, Rathcor, Ravensdale; those parts of the electoral divisions of Castletown and Dundalk Rural north of a line drawn along the R178 ; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Dundalk No. 1 Urban, Dundalk No. 2 Urban, Dundalk No. 3 Urban and Dundalk No. 4 Urban not contained in the local electoral area of Dundalk-South. | 6 |
| Dundalk — South | The electoral divisions of Barronstown, Castlering, Creggan Upper, Haggardstown; those parts of the electoral divisions of Castletown and Dundalk Rural not contained in the local electoral area of Dundalk-Carlingford; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Dundalk No. 1 Urban, Dundalk No. 2 Urban, Dundalk No. 3 Urban and Dundalk No. 4 Urban south of a line drawn as follows: Commencing at the boundary between the electoral divisions of Dundalk No. 1 Urban and Dundalk No. 3 Urban at the Carrickmacross Road Bridge and St. Dominick’s Place and thence to the intersection of St. Dominick’s Place with The Crescent, thence in a north-easterly direction along The Crescent to its intersection with Anne Street, passing in a clockwise direction around and excluding the roundabout at The Crescent; thence in a north-easterly direction along Anne Street to its intersection with Park Street; thence in a north-easterly direction along Park Street and Francis Street to its intersection with Roden Place, thence in an easterly direction along Roden Place, Jocelyn Street, Seatown Place and Barrack Street to the intersection of Barrack Street with the Dundalk Inner Relief Road; thence in a north-westerly projection along the Dundalk Inner Relief Road to its intersection by the imaginary north-easterly projection of the road known as St. Helena; thence in a north-easterly direction along the said imaginary projection to its intersection by the eastern boundary of the electoral division of Dundalk Urban No. 2, in Dundalk Harbour. | 7 |