What is "drogheda"

Drogheda (; ; ) is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, north of Dublin. It is the last bridging point on the River Boyne before it enters the Irish Sea. The town's postcode, or eircode, is A92.

As the River Boyne divides the dioceses of Armagh and Meath, Drogheda was founded as two separate towns, Drogheda-in-Meath (for which a charter was granted in 1194) and Drogheda-in-Oriel (or 'Uriel') as County Louth was then known. 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 setting up of County Councils, through the enactment of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which saw all of Drogheda, including a large area south of the Boyne, become part of an extended County Louth. With the passing of the County of Louth and Borough of Drogheda (Boundaries) Provisional Order, 1976, County Louth again grew larger at the expense of County Meath. The boundary was further altered in 1994 by the Local Government (Boundaries) (Town Elections) Regulations 1994. The 2007–2013 Meath County Development Plan recognises the Meath environs of Drogheda as a primary growth centre on a par with Navan.

In recent years Drogheda's economy has diversified from its traditional industries, with an increasing number of people employed in the retail, services and technology sectors. The town also has a community of independent artists and musicians who have been looking to the local economy rather than Dublin for employment.

The large town of Drogheda has a hinterland of 70,000+ within a 15 km/10 mile radius covering county Louth and county Meath.

According to the 2011 Irish Census, there are 30,393 in Drogheda Town

Electoral Division

Population

County Louth

Drogheda Town

30,393

St Peters

9,151

Termonfeckin

3,294

Mullary

1,723

Monasterboice

1,342

TOTAL

41,925

County Meath

Duleek

5,177

Grangegeeth

594

Julianstown

9,606

Killary

502

Melifont

561

Painstown

1,175

Slane

1,861

St Mary's (Part)

10,769

Stackallan

4,696

TOTAL

31,557

Drogheda was a parliamentary borough constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, replacing the Drogheda constituency in the Parliament of Ireland.

Drogheda was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

Drogheda is a barony in County Louth, Republic of Ireland.