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About Drogheda

Drogheda, Droichead Átha in Irish, is a town in County Louth, 41 km north of Dublin, with 40,956 people at the 2016 census. It stands on the M1, R108 and R132. The map gives it 21,186 buildings and 336 named streets, with 367 places named on them in 126 kinds, and 74 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the largest of the 29 settlements this site covers in County Louth.

Population
40,956 at the 2016 census
Where
41 km north of Dublin
Position
53.7150° N, 6.3524° W, 1 m above sea level
Area
14.8 km²
Roads
M1, R108, R132, R150, R152, R166, R167 and R168
Governed
Louth County Council, in the province of Leinster
Twinned with
Saint-Mandé, France and Kuşadası, Turkey
Founded
1194
On the model
21,186 buildings, 336 streets, 367 named places in 126 kinds
Tympanum of the main portal with a relief showing Jesus giving the keys of the kingdom to Saint Peter (Matthew 16:19).
Tympanum of the main portal with a relief showing Jesus giving the keys of the kingdom to Saint Peter (Matthew 16:19).·Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The shrine of St. Oliver Plunkett at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Drogheda, Ireland. The martyr's head is visible in the box under the spire.
The shrine of St. Oliver Plunkett at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Drogheda, Ireland. The martyr's head is visible in the box under the spire.·Trounce, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Drogheda in order

5 of the places on this map carry a date on Wikidata, running from 875 to 1979. That is not a history of Drogheda, and it is not written as one: it is the order in which the things still standing were built, which is the part a map can actually tell you.

8751979Muiredach's High CrossUnited Park
The ninth century
The nineteenth century
The twentieth century

County Louth since 1841

Every census of the county, which is the only way to see what happened to rural Ireland: the fall from the Famine runs for a century, and the recovery is recent.

139,70362,739128,24018412022

Source: Central Statistics Office, table F1001 'Population at Each Census', read through the PxStat API, read 2026-09-20.

What to see

Closest to the centre first, with how far each one is.

All 74 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the M1, R108, R132, R150, R152, R166, R167 and R168 running through Drogheda. 26 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

There is a station in the settlement. 22 lines call at 109 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

16 school or colleges on the map.

Questions people ask

Where is Drogheda?
In County Louth, in the province of Leinster, 41 km north of Dublin and 41 km from Dublin, on the M1, R108 and R132.
How big is Drogheda?
40,956 people at the 2016 census. On the map it is 21,186 buildings and 336 named streets.
What is there to see in Drogheda?
74 things the map records in and around it, the closest being West Street, St. Peter's Church and Boyne Valley Camino.
How do you get to Drogheda?
22 bus and train lines call at 109 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail and Matthews Coach Hire. There is a station in the settlement itself.
Has County Louth grown or shrunk?
The census counted 128,240 people in the county in 1841 and 139,703 in 2022.
21,186
buildings on the model
336
named streets
367
named places
126
kinds of place

Buildings, streets, places, roads and position are OpenStreetMap, counted by this site rather than quoted from anywhere. Population, elevation, area and twinning are structured claims on Wikidata (item Q207223). County population is the Central Statistics Office. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable. Every sentence on this page is written from those numbers; none of it is copied from a description of the place.

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