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Map of Drogheda. Drogheda (/ ˈ d r ɒ h ə d ə, ˈ d r ɔː d ə / DRO-həd-ə, DRAW-də; Irish: Droichead Átha [ˈd̪ˠɾˠɛhəd̪ˠ ˈaːhə], meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, 43 km (27 mi) north of Dublin.
The following table and map show the areas in Ireland, previously designated as Cities, Boroughs, or Towns in the Local Government Act 2001. Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, Ireland had a two-tier system of local authorities. The first tier consisted of administrative counties and county boroughs.
Following the closure of the Bank of Ireland branch in 2007, Drogheda Borough Council re-acquired the building in 2010 and initiated an extensive programme of refurbishment works, carried out to a design by van Dijk International, to convert the ground floor of the building into a tourist information centre. [12]
The Saint Laurence Gate is a barbican which was built in the 13th century as part of the walled fortifications of the medieval town of Drogheda in Ireland.It is a barbican or defended fore-work which stood directly outside the original gate of which no surface trace survives. [1]
Bellewstown (Irish: Baile an Bheileogaigh) [1] is a townland and village located 8 km south of Drogheda, on the Hill of Crockafotha in County Meath in Ireland.Bellewstown townland, which is in the electoral division of Ardcath and the civil parish of Duleek, [2] had a population of 499 as of the 2011 census. [3]
Two other early illustrations are "Views of Maiden-Tower near Drogheda, Co:y Meath" by Austin Cooper in 1782 and "The lady's Finger & Maiden Tower, Co. of Eastmeath" an engraving based on a sketch by George Petrie. The latter appears as a plate in the antiquary Thomas Cromwell's Excursions through Ireland of 1820.
Tullyallen (Irish: Tulaigh Álainn, meaning 'beautiful hill') [2] is a village, civil parish and townland (of 224 acres) [3] 6 km north-west of the town of Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. It is in the historic Barony of Ferrard . [ 3 ]
Millmount is a large fortified complex situated on a great mound on the South bank of the River Boyne located in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland.The fort has played a crucial part in Drogheda's history and has been a dominant feature from Norman settlement, to Cromwell's invasion to the more recent Civil War in 1922, in which the famous Martello tower was shelled and all but destroyed.