Editing Drogheda (section)

{{Short description|Town in County Louth, Ireland, with suburbs in County Meath}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type    = [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|Town]]
| name               = Drogheda
| native_name        = {{lang|ga|Droichead Átha}}
| image_skyline      = DroghedaLouthMeath.jpg
| image_caption      = Clockwise from top: Drogheda viewed from the south; [[Millmount Fort]]; West Street, Drogheda
| image_flag         = Flag of Drogheda.svg
| flag_size          = 125px
| image_shield       = Arms of Drogheda.svg
| motto              = "God Our Strength, Merchandise Our Glory."
| mapsize            = 230px
| map_caption        = Location of Drogheda in Ireland
| pushpin_map        = Ireland#Europe
| pushpin_relief     = 1
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland
| coordinates        = {{coord|53.7150|N|6.3525|W|type:city_region:IE|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Leinster]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[County Louth]] and [[County Meath]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Municipal district (Ireland)|Municipal district]]
| subdivision_name3  = Drogheda Borough District
| leader_title2      = [[Dáil constituency]]
| leader_name2       = [[Louth (Dáil constituency)|Louth]]
| leader_title3      = [[EU Parliament]]
| leader_name3       = [[Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency)|Midlands–North-West]]
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="cso2016">{{Cite web |title=Population Density and Area Size 2016 by Towns |url=http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=E2014&PLanguage=0&PXSId=0 |access-date=13 December 2017 |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]] |archive-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324025223/https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=E2014&PLanguage=0&PXSId=0 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 14.8
| population_as_of   = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022 census]]
| population_total   = 44,135
| population_footnotes = <ref name="tableF1015census2022">{{cite web|url = https://data.cso.ie/table/F1015 | publisher = Central Statistics Office | work = Census 2022 | title = F1015: Population and Average Age by Sex and List of Towns (number and percentages), 2022 | date = April 2022 | access-date = 29 June 2023 }}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = 2,776.6
| population_urban   = 
| population_rural   = 
| population_blank1_title = Total
| population_blank1  = 
| population_blank2_title = Greater area
| population_blank2  = 83,000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cromwell back at gates of Drogheda – demanding a city |date=2 December 2017 |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/cromwell-back-at-gates-of-drogheda-demanding-a-city-36358320.html |access-date=2 December 2017 |publisher=Independent.ie |archive-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202041236/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/cromwell-back-at-gates-of-drogheda-demanding-a-city-36358320.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| population_rank    = [[List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland|6th]]
| population_demonyms = Droghedean, Boynesider
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 911 AD
| established_title2 = First Charter
| established_date2  = 1194
| established_title3 = County Status
| established_date3  = 1412<ref name="Johnston 1826 37">{{Cite book |last=Johnston |first=L. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y9s9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA37 |title=History of Drogheda: from the earliest period to the present time |year=1826 |location=Drogheda |page=37 |access-date=16 October 2015 |archive-date=9 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509034307/https://books.google.com/books?id=y9s9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA37 |url-status=live}}</ref> (Abolished 1898)
| elevation_min_m    = 1
| elevation_max_m    = 27
| website            = {{Official URL}}
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland|Telephone area code]]
| area_code          = +353(0)41
| postal_code_type   = [[Eircode]] routing key
| postal_code        = A92
| timezone           = [[Western European Time|WET]]
| utc_offset         = ±0
| timezone_DST       = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +1
}}
[[File:Map of Drogheda.png|thumb|Map of Drogheda]]

'''Drogheda''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|r|ɒ|h|ə|d|ə|,_|ˈ|d|r|ɔː|d|ə}} {{respell|DRO|həd|ə}}, {{respell|DRAW|də}}; {{Irish place name|Droichead Átha}} {{IPA|ga|ˈd̪ˠɾˠɛhəd̪ˠ ˈaːhə|}}, meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, {{cvt|43|km}} north of [[Dublin]]. It is located on the [[Dublin–Belfast corridor]] on the east coast of Ireland, mostly in [[County Louth]] but with the south fringes of the town in [[County Meath]], {{cvt|40|km}} north of Dublin city centre. Drogheda had a population of 44,135 inhabitants in 2022, making it the [[List of settlements on the island of Ireland by population|eleventh largest settlement]] by population in all of [[Ireland]], and the largest [[town]] in Ireland,{{efn|[[Tallaght]], which also does not have [[City status in Ireland|city status]], has about 20,000 more inhabitants than Drogheda although whether or not it can be considered a town is up for debate.}} by both population and area.<ref name="tableF1015census2022"/> It is the second largest in County Louth with 35,990 and sixth largest in County Meath with 8,145. It is the last bridging point on the [[River Boyne]] before it enters the [[Irish Sea]]. The [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] of [[Newgrange]] is located {{cvt|8|km}} west of the town.