Drogheda

Drogheda is one of the oldest cities in Ireland. It is known for its tourism and as a centre of industry and hospital therapy. It is placed on the Dublin–Belfast hall on the east coast of Ireland, in most cases in County Louth but with the south fringes of the metropolis in County Meath, forty nine km or 30 miles north of Dublin. Drogheda has a population of approximately 41,000 inhabitants 2016, making it the third biggest metropolis with the aid of populace in all of Ireland. It is the last bridging point at the River Boyne earlier than it enters the Irish Sea. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Newgrange is positioned 8 km west of the city.

The earliest monument within the metropolis is the motte-and-bailey fortress, now known as Mill mount Fort, which overlooks the town from a bluff on the south financial institution of the Boyne and which becomes in all likelihood erected through the Norman Lord of Meath, Hugh de Lacy someday earlier than 1186. The wall at the east side of Rosemary Lane, a back-lane which runs from St. Laurence Street in the direction of the Augustinian Church is the oldest stone structure in Drogheda.