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On Meathside, the Castle of Drogheda or The Castle of Comfort was a tower house castle on the south side of the Bull Ring. It served as a prison, and as a sitting of the Irish parliament in 1494. [14] The earliest known town charter is that granted to Drogheda-in-Meath by Walter de Lacy in 1194. [15]
Dowth Hall is a Georgian country house and estate near Dowth in County Meath, Ireland. Built in 1760 for the Netterville family, the 420 acre estate occupies a large part of the archaeological site which makes up the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site landscape encompassing Dowth passage tomb.
Slane (Irish: Baile Shláine, meaning 'Town of Sláine mac Dela') [2] is a village in County Meath, in Ireland.The village stands on a steep hillside on the left bank of the River Boyne at the intersection of the N2 (Dublin to Monaghan road) and the N51 (Drogheda to Navan road).
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]
Donore (Irish: Dún Uabhair, meaning "fort of pride"), [2] 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. The village is in a civil parish of the same name. [3]
Donacarney (Irish: Domhnach Cearnaigh or Domhnach Cairnigh) is a village in County Meath, [2] Ireland, close to Drogheda and the border with County Louth.It contains one church, two estates, two schools, and one pub.
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 ]
Gormanston is near the M1 Dublin–Belfast motorway and on the R132 regional road. Gormanston railway station, opened in May 1845, [8] is on the Dublin–Belfast line, and is served by Commuter services between Dublin and Drogheda. The Bus Éireann routes 101 and 101X also serve the area, operating between Drogheda and Dublin.