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The River Boyne at Oldbridge. Oldbridge (Irish: An Seandroichead) [1] is a townland near Drogheda in County Meath, Ireland. [2] The area is home to the Boyne Navigation, the Battle of the Boyne Interpretive Centre and the southern half of the Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge (which carries the M1 motorway).
The battle itself was fought on 1 July O.S. (11 July N.S.), for control of a ford on the Boyne near Drogheda, about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) north-west of the hamlet of Oldbridge. As a diversionary tactic, William sent about a quarter of his men under the cover of morning mist to cross the river at Roughgrange, about 4 km (2.5 mi) west of Donore and ...
The monument was erected in order to commemorate William of Orange's victory over King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, and was located near the spot where William's forces crossed the River Boyne to engage James' forces. The foundation stone was laid on 17 April 1736 by Lionel Sackville, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
The Boyne Navigation (Irish: Loingseoireacht na Bóinne) is a series of canals running 31 km (19 mi) [2] roughly parallel to the River Boyne from Oldbridge to Navan in County Meath, in Ireland. The navigation was once used by horse-drawn boats travelling between Navan, Slane and the port of Drogheda ; however is now derelict.
Captain John's Harbour Boat Restaurant (incorporated as 1518756 Ontario Inc.) was a restaurant and banquet hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.For most of its existence it was located in the MS Jadran, a former Adriatic passenger ship that was permanently docked at the foot of Yonge Street at 1 Queens Quay West on Toronto's waterfront.
The restaurant primarily serves Asian fusion dishes, anchored by Chinese cuisine and Canadian ingredients. [5] It also draws upon French and Korean cooking techniques. [6] A core part of the restaurant's menu is its 'Canadian take on traditional Chinese dim sum', serving items such as char siu bao in icing sugar-topped "Mexico buns" and fun guo filled with chicken and black truffle.
Dominic's Bridge is one of the closest bridges to Drogheda's town centre. It was manufactured by Grendons of Drogheda in 1863. [1] It is now a pedestrian bridge, one of two in Drogheda, but was previously also used by motor-vehicles until its replacement by "The Bridge of Peace" in the 1970s.