Drogheda, Ireland
Drogheda, Ireland
Seaport in Louth, Ireland , on the Boyne. Here in 1152 the papal legate convened a synod. The Irish Parliament passed in 1494 the famous “Poynings Laws.” The town was besieged by Cromwell in 1649 and was the scene of a massacre. It surrendered to William III after the battle of the Boyne. Saint Peter’s chapel served as the cathedral of the Archbishopric of Armagh . There are ruins of the Dominican monastery (1224 ), and of the Augustinian abbey (1206 ).