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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]
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).
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).
This is a list of towns and villages in County Meath, Ireland. A. Agher [1] Ashbourne [2] Athboy [2] B. Ballivor [2] ... Drogheda (southern environs) [4] Drumconrath ...
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]
In 1412, the two boroughs were united and, together with their liberties, formed into the "county of the town of Drogheda" separate from Meath and Louth. [2] The county of the town formed a single county borough constituency. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Drogheda was represented with two members. [4]
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.
The tower was already in existence by 1582 when it was proposed to build at Ringsend a tower of "such height and strength as shall be of a perpetual continuance like the tower at Drogheda". [5] [6] [7] The tower is mentioned in the Charter granted to the town of Drogheda by James 1st in 1609, in reference to the fisheries of the town: "we give ...