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Newgrange Drogheda
2 Reviews This part of the Boyne Valley has many prehistoric monuments, the most important being the 'passage graves' of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth. These huge stone and earth mounds are approximately 5,000...
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Millmount Tower Drogheda
2 Reviews It is a must to see Millmount Tower and museum. Also Laurences Gate, Magdelene Tower, Old Abbey. These are all within walking distance of each other. Drogheda is a very old town it has lots of...
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Mellifont Abbey Drogheda
1 Review Mellifont Abbey lies around 10 kilometers from Drogheda, in Collon village on the banks of the River Mattock. Once the abbey was the center of the Cistercian order in Ireland. It was established in...
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St Laurence Drogheda
1 Review I don’t know how big or if any restoration is made for this gate, but it really looks extremely well preserved. The gate is built in 13th century and heightened in 15th century. Altogether there were...
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Knowth Drogheda
1 Review Not far away from Drogheda is Knowth. The Megalithic Passage Tombs of Knowth are located in the County of Meath. The Boyne Valley Cairns of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth were built around 3200BC making...
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This huge Dolmen (cap-stone is 47tons, 3000BC) is said locallythat it was carried here by Scots giant, para Bui Mor Seoidin.(He came here to challenge Irish giant Fionn mac Cumhail.)If you seach of a wife or husband, throw a small pebble onto the cap-stone.If it remains on the top, you will be married within the year !(I tried it, but nothing yet happens in Today........)
Have you seen the " Death of Cuchulain" Bronz sculpture at Gneneral Post Office in Dublin ?This standing stone said to be legendary warrior hero Cuchulainbound hemself to this piller stone in his final battle.
In 911 the Deans captured the little town, Later theAnglo-Normans built a bridge and fortified the settlemants onboth sades of river Boyne.Tourist Information Moyoralty StreetTEL: (041) 983 7070
This is the site of a medieval monastery, now ruined, with the tallest round tower in Ireland and two stunning Celtic crosses. Both crosses have been beautifully carved with images from the Bible and are in remarkably good condition.
Here is Irelands first Cistercian monastery founded 1142 by St. Malachy O'Morgair.It's ruins stand on the banks of the river Mattock.There is a visitor centre, too.
Monastic settlement is said to have been founded bySt. Buithe 4 or 5thC. Within the graveyard two chiurches, three High Crossesand round tower. (33.5m high 9thC)
Scholars Townhouse Hotel Drogheda
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