21 Facts About Drogheda

Drogheda has a population of approximately 41,000 inhabitants, making it the eleventh largest settlement by population in all of Ireland, and the largest town in the country by both population and area.

In 1412 these two towns were united, and Drogheda became a county corporate, styled as "the County of the Town of Drogheda".

Drogheda continued as a county borough until the establishment of county councils under the Local Government Act 1898, which saw all of Drogheda, including a large area south of the Boyne, become part of an extended County Louth.

On Meathside, the Castle of Drogheda or The Castle of Comfort was a tower house castle on the south side of the Bull Ring.

Drogheda was an important walled town in the English Pale in the medieval period.

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In 1837, the population of Drogheda area was 17,365 people, of whom 15,138 lived in the town.

Drogheda arrived less than a month after the IRA assassination of Lord Mountbatten, Queen Elizabeth's cousin, in Mullaghmore.

Drogheda then addressed 300,000 people in Drogheda, where he appealed "on his knees" to paramilitaries to end the violence in Ireland:.

The Westgate area of Drogheda is to be subject to a 10-year regeneration by Louth County Council.

Drogheda has hosted the national traditional music festival, Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann, in 2018 and again in 2019.

Drogheda is home to two brass bands: Drogheda Brass Band and Lourdes Brass Band.

Drogheda hosted the international summer Samba festival in which Samba bands from around the world came to the town for three days of drumming and parades.

Drogheda's compositions have been performed and broadcast both at home and internationally.

Drogheda is an ancient town that has a growing tourism industry.

Drogheda has a history of brewing and distilling, with companies Jameson Whiskey, Coca-Cola, Guinness, Jack Daniel's all having previously produced their products in or near the town.

Drogheda acquired rail links to Dublin in 1844, Navan in 1850 and Belfast in 1852.

Drogheda Borough Council is an elected local government body which is mandated under the Local Government Act 2001 to provide civic leadership and a forum for the democratic representation of the community.

The headquarters of The Drogheda Independent are on Shop Street and The Drogheda Leader's offices are on Laurence Street.

The Sacred Heart School, situated in Sunnyside Drogheda, is an all-girls school.

Town's association football team, Drogheda United, was formed in 1919, and their home matches are played at Head In The Game Park.

In 2011, Drogheda became the sister club of Turkish club Trabzonspor due to their matching colours, and the town's history of Ottoman assistance during the Great Famine.