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'''Dundalk Camp''' was a [[military camp]] which served as the headquarters of the [[Williamite]] Army under [[Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg|Marshal Schomberg]]
Following victories including the [[Siege of Derry|relief of Derry]] and the [[Siege of Carrickfergus|capture of Carrickfergus]], Schomberg marched his forces south from [[Ulster]]. Arriving on 7 September 1689, Schomberg established his camp close to the town of [[Dundalk]] in [[County Louth]]. He did not originally intend to stay long there, but instead use it as a staging post on the way to the capital at [[Dublin]]. However a shortage of supplies led to delays.<ref>Childs p.158</ref>
After a stand off with the [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] [[Irish Army (Kingdom of Ireland)|Irish Army]] under [[James II of England|James II]] ended without a major battle being fought, Schomberg went into winter quarters
For the 1690 campaign thousands of reinforcements had to be shipped in to replace those lost at Dundalk. This Army then went on to victory at the [[Battle of the Boyne]] in July and the capture of [[Dublin]].
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