Editing Drogheda (section)

===Later events===
[[File:Drogheda - St. Laurences Gate (5638818100).jpg|thumb|St. Laurence's Gate]]
{{Further|Siege of Drogheda (1641)|Siege of Drogheda}}
The town was [[siege of Drogheda|besieged]] twice during the [[Irish Confederate Wars]].

In the second [[siege of Drogheda]], an assault was made on the town from the south, the tall walls breached, and the town was taken by [[Oliver Cromwell]] on 11 September 1649,<ref>Antonia Fraser, Cromwell, our chief of men (London, 1973)</ref> as part of the [[Cromwellian conquest of Ireland]] and it was the site of a [[Siege of Drogheda#Massacre|massacre]] of the [[Cavalier|Royalist]] defenders. In Cromwell's own words after the siege of Drogheda, "When they submitted, their officers were knocked on the head, and [[Decimation (Roman army)|every tenth man of the soldiers killed]] and the rest shipped to [[Barbados]]."<ref>[[s:Cromwell letter to William Lenthall|Cromwell letter to William Lenthall (1649)]]</ref>

In 1661, [[Henry Moore, 1st Earl of Drogheda|Henry Moore, 3rd Viscount Moore]] was created the [[Earl of Drogheda]] in the [[Peerage of Ireland]].

The [[Battle of the Boyne]], 1690, occurred some {{cvt|6|km|mi}} west of the town, on the banks of the [[River Boyne]], at Oldbridge. [[The Tholsel, Drogheda|The Tholsel]] in West Street was completed in 1770.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13622030/the-tholsel-west-street-shop-lane-moneymore-drogheda-co-louth|title=The Tholsel, West Street, Shop Lane, Moneymore, Drogheda, Louth|publisher=[[National Inventory of Architectural Heritage]]|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref>

In 1790, Drogheda Harbour Commissioners were established by the [[Port of Drogheda Act 1790]].<ref>(30 Geo. 3. c. 39 (I))</ref> They remained in place until 1997 when a commercial enterprise, the Drogheda Port Company, replaced them.

In 1825, the [[Drogheda Steam Packet Company]] was formed in the town, providing shipping services to [[Liverpool]].

In 1837, the population of Drogheda area was 17,365 people, of whom 15,138 lived in the town.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Entry for Drogheda in Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) |url=http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/d3.php |access-date=20 November 2014 |publisher=Libraryireland.com |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006144408/http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/d3.php |url-status=live}}</ref>