page_title: Dunleer
section_title: Amenities and community life
hierarchical_section_title: Dunleer / Amenities and community life
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Brigid's Church, Dunleer, Co. Louth Early 19th century T-plan chapel with tower added in 1859.
context_page_description: Dunleer is a town and townland in County Louth, Ireland. Dunleer is situated midway between Dundalk and Drogheda and is located on the junction of the R132, R169 and R170 regional roads that intersect the town.
  Dunleer used to be the principal Town Borough in the Barony of Ferrard and has a Charter dating back to 1252.
context_section_description: Dunleer has a Roman Catholic church (St. Brigid's) and a Church of Ireland Church. There is also a community library which is located in the old Station Master's House on Station Road. 
  The local Pavilion Centre has an indoor basketball arena and gym facilities. Dunleer also has an outdoor athletics racing track, the home of Dunleer Athletic Club, located on Lann Léire C.P.G. football sports campus. Dunleer A.C. organise the world-famous Ras na hEireann Cross-Country International Athlete Races.
  Efforts are underway to establish a Gaelscoil (an Irish language medium primary school) in the area.
  The Market House of Dunleer reopened during July 2014. It is the civic centre of Dunleer Village, and is a civic body established by the Dunleer Community Development Board, whom are the trustees of the building. The board formed a Limited Liability Company, known as DCDB Limited to manage the market house as a civic amenity.
  Dunleer has a number of community groups, many of which are affiliated to the community umbrella body, the Dunleer Community Development Board. One such community group is the Dunleer Tidy Towns committee. The Tidy Towns committee partners with Dunleer Development Board in funding projects and have succeeded in 2016 and 2017. Part of the strategy for developing the town is expected be the development of a river walk along the White River which runs through Dunleer. Dunleer was a prize winner (2nd place) in the 2017 Pride of Place an All Ireland Competition. And Dunleer also won the Leinster and All Ireland Enterprise town of the year Award 2018 (posted January 2019).
caption: St. Brigid's Church, in Dunleer dates to the early 19th century
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