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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 44,100 residents
- Description: city in County Louth, Ireland
- Also known as: “Drogheada”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Drogheda MacBride and Hunky Dorys Park.
Drogheda MacBride
Railway station
Photo: Sky Harbor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Drogheda MacBride railway station is a railway station that serves Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland.
Hunky Dorys Park
Stadium
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United Park, currently known as Sullivan and Lambe Park for sponsorship reasons and formerly O2 Park, Hunky Dorys Park, Head In The Game Park and Weavers Park also for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Drogheda, Ireland.
Saint Laurence Gate
City gate
Photo: Cianwal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mornington and Donore.
Mornington
Village
Photo: Kieran Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mornington is a coastal village on the estuary of the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland approximately 5 km downriver from the centre of Drogheda. Together with the neighbouring villages of Laytown, Bettystown and Donacarney, it comprises the urban area of Laytown–Bettystown–Mornington–Donacarney with a combined population of 15,642 at the 2022 census. Mornington is situated 4½ km east of Drogheda.
Donore
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donore, historically Dunower, is a small village in County Meath, Ireland. It lies near Drogheda on the border between County Meath and County Louth, in the Boyne Valley on the road between Drogheda and the Brú na Bóinne heritage site. Donore is situated 5 km southwest of Drogheda.
Donacarney
Village
Photo: Kieran Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donacarney is a village in County Meath, Ireland, close to Drogheda and the border with County Louth. It contains one church, two estates, two schools, and one pub. Donacarney is situated 5 km east of Drogheda.
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″ northLongitude
-6.3524° or 6° 21′ 9″ westPopulation
44,100Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE DROOpen location code
9C5MPJ7X+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 52246394OpenStreetMap 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”
- Bulgarian: “Дроида”
- Catalan: “Drogheda”
- Cebuano: “Drogheda”
- Chinese: “德罗赫达”
- Chinese: “德羅赫達”
- Czech: “Drogheda”
- Czech: “Droichead Átha”
- Danish: “Drogheda”
- Dutch: “Drogheda”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دروهيدا”
- Faroese: “Drogheda”
- Finnish: “Drogheda”
- French: “Drogheda”
- Galician: “Drogheda”
- Galician: “Droichead Átha”
- German: “Drogheda”
- Greek: “Ντρόεντε”
- Hebrew: “דרוהדה”
- Hungarian: “Drogheda”
- Icelandic: “Drogheda”
- Indonesian: “Drogheda”
- Indonesian: “Droichead Atha”
- Indonesian: “Droichead Átha”
- Irish: “Droichead Átha”
- Italian: “Drogheda”
- Japanese: “ドラハダ”
- Japanese: “ドロヘダ”
- Korean: “드로이다”
- Latin: “Drogeda”
- Latvian: “Droheda”
- Lithuanian: “Droeda”
- Lithuanian: “Drogheda”
- Malay: “Drogheda”
- Manx: “Droghad Aah”
- Moksha: “Дроэда”
- Northern Frisian: “Drogheda”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Drogheda”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Drogheda”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Droichead Átha”
- Norwegian: “Drogheda”
- Persian: “دراهیدا”
- Piemontese: “Drogheda”
- Polish: “Drogheda”
- Portuguese: “Drogheda”
- Romanian: “Drogheda”
- Russian: “Дрогеда”
- Russian: “Дрохеда”
- Russian: “Дроэда”
- Serbian: “Drogeda”
- Serbian: “Drogheda”
- Serbian: “Дрогеда”
- Slovak: “Drogheda”
- Slovak: “Droichead Átha”
- Slovenian: “Drogheda”
- Spanish: “Drogheda”
- Swedish: “Drogheda”
- Swedish: “Droichead Atha”
- Swedish: “Droichead Átha”
- Tatar: “Дроеда”
- Turkish: “Drogheda”
- Ukrainian: “Дрогеда”
- Ukrainian: “Дроеда”
- Urdu: “ڈراہیڈا”
- Welsh: “Drogheda”
- “Drogheda”
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