Colours and Crest
| The Dundalk GNR colours worn from 1903 until 1927. |
| The Dundalk GNR colours adopted in 1927. |
Dundalk's traditional colours are white jerseys (from which they get their nickname; the Lillywhites) and black shorts. However, this has not always been the case. Whilst playing under the auspices of the Great Northern Railway the club played in a black and amber-striped kit until 1927 when the team adopted a strip of white shirts, with blue shield (Coat of Arms of Dundalk) and navy blue shorts. The GNR moniker was dropped two seasons later and the team was renamed Dundalk F.C. in 1930.
The club's crest features three mythical martlets. The design is an adaptation of the heraldic symbols of Dundalk town's coat of arms, which also depict red marlets on a predominantly white shield. The original blue shield depicting three 'Crows', as they were referred to in the local press, was adopted when the club changed their colours in 1927.
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