Blackrock Village | Co. Louth | Ireland

Blackrock is a seaside village just to the south of Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. The small town is in the townland of Haggardstown and part of the Dundalk metropolitan area. The population of the village is between 3,000 and 5,000. In the 1950s and 1960s, Blackrock was a holiday destination for people in the landlocked counties of Monaghan and Cavan. The beach, which is pictured in colourised postcards of that era, was created with sand imported from beaches further down the coast, as sand is continually washed away contributing to the buildup of silt in Dundalk Bay. The village is enjoying a revival as a tourist resort and there remains a tradition of visiting Blackrock on the 15th of August (vide the Celtic feast of Lúnasa). Since the late 1960s, Blackrock has expanded significantly and has become a dormitory village of Dundalk, and is considered part of Dundalk for census purposes. Location: Castle Roche | Co. Louth | Ireland https://goo.gl/maps/wcbXzFkJcb3UrsVcA –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Drone: DJI Air 2S - 5K 30fps –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Siesta by Jahzzar https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Travellers_Guide/Siesta https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––