Drogheda
Drogheda is an industrial town in County Louth, astride the River Boyne on the east coast of Ireland. Its turbulent history is reflected in its medieval fortifications, while nearby are ruined monasteries and the must-see Neolithic complex of Brú na Bóinne.
- Type: Town with 44,100 residents
- Description: town in County Louth, Ireland
- Also known as: “Drogheada”, “Droichead Atha”, “Дрохеда”, and “ドラハダ”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Drogheda MacBride and Hunky Dorys Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mornington and Donacarney.
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Drogheda
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: County Louth, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.715° or 53° 42′ 54″ north
Longitude
-6.3524° or 6° 21′ 9″ west
Population
44,100
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IE DRO
Open location code
9C5MPJ7X+X2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Drogheda” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Drogheda”
- Arabic: “دروهيدا”
- Armenian: “Դրոեդա”
- Asturian: “Drogheda”
- Azerbaijani: “Droheda”
- Basque: “Drogheda”
- Belarusian: “Дрогеда”
- Belarusian: “Дроэда”
- Breton: “Droichead Átha”
- Bulgarian: “Дроида”
- Catalan: “Drogheda”
- Cebuano: “Drogheda”
- Chinese: “德罗赫达”
- Chinese: “德羅赫達”
- Cornish: “Droichead Átha”
- Czech: “Drogheda”
- Danish: “Drogheda”
- Dutch: “Drogheda”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دروهيدا”
- Estonian: “Drogheda”
- Faroese: “Drogheda”
- Finnish: “Drogheda”
- French: “Drogheda”
- Galician: “Drogheda”
- German: “Drogheda”
- Greek: “Ντρόεντε”
- Greek: “Ντρόχεντα”
- Hebrew: “דרוהדה”
- Hungarian: “Drogheda”
- Icelandic: “Drogheda”
- Indonesian: “Drogheda”
- Irish: “Droichead Átha”
- Italian: “Drogheda”
- Japanese: “ドロヘダ”
- Korean: “드로이다”
- Latin: “Drogeda”
- Latvian: “Droheda”
- Lithuanian: “Droeda”
- Malay: “Drogheda”
- Manx: “Droghad Aah”
- Moksha: “Дроэда”
- Mongolian: “Дроэда”
- Northern Frisian: “Drogheda”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Drogheda”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Drogheda”
- Norwegian: “Drogheda”
- Persian: “دراهیدا”
- Piemontese: “Drogheda”
- Polish: “Drogheda”
- Portuguese: “Drogheda”
- Romanian: “Drogheda”
- Russian: “Дроэда”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Droichead Átha”
- Serbian: “Drogeda”
- Serbian: “Дрогеда”
- Slovak: “Drogheda”
- Slovenian: “Drogheda”
- Spanish: “Drogheda”
- Swedish: “Drogheda”
- Tatar: “Дроеда”
- Thai: “ดรอกเฮดา”
- Turkish: “Drogheda”
- Ukrainian: “Дроеда”
- Urdu: “ڈراہیڈا”
- Welsh: “Drogheda”
- Welsh: “Droichead Átha”
- “Drogheda”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dublin Gate and Rathmullan Park.
County Louth: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Dundalk and Clogherhead.
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