Fishing near Blackrock, Co. Louth

Blackrock sits on the western shore of Dundalk Bay in County Louth, a stretch of coastline long associated with sea angling. The village itself began as a fishing settlement, and the water remains central to the area. Shore anglers work the mouth of the River Fane where it enters Dundalk Bay just south of Blackrock, while the broader Co. Louth coast — running from Carlingford Lough south to Clogherhead — is regarded as a centre of excellence for sea fishing on Ireland's east coast.