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- Drogheda continued as a county borough until the establishment of county councils under 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.
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Drogheda Borough Corporation became a borough council in 2002. [49] On 1 June 2014, the borough council was dissolved and the administration of the town was amalgamated with Louth County Council. [50] [51] It retains the right to be described as a borough. [52] The chair of the borough district uses the title of mayor, rather than Cathaoirleach ...
May 12, 2009 · In 1412 the two towns were united and Drogheda was designated a 'County Corporate,' styled as 'the County of the Town of Drogheda.' It remained a separate borough until the creation of Lough County Council in the 19th century.
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Drogheda like this: Drogheda , municipal borough, manufacturing and seaport town, and county of itself, in SE. of co. Louth, on the river Boyne, 4 miles from the sea, 32 miles N. of Dublin and 81 S. of Belfast by rail -- mun. bor. and county of the town of D., 454 ac., pop ...
5 days ago · Drogheda, urban district and seaport on the southern border of County Louth, Ireland. Drogheda lies along the River Boyne about 4 miles (6.5 km) from its mouth. Drogheda was a stronghold and trading post of the Norsemen in the 8th–11th century and of the Anglo-Normans in the 12th century.
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The Drogheda Records begin at the General Assembly which preceded the storming of Drogheda by Cromwell in 1649. They continue almost without interruption down to the Records of the latest meeting of the Corporation.
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.
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. Drogheda then became a 'county corporate', styled as 'the County of the Town of Drogheda'.
