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DROGHEDA , a municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough, seaport and See also:market See also:town, on the See also:southern border of Co. See also:Louth, See also:Ireland, in the See also:south See also:parliamentary See also:division, on the See also:river See also:Boyne, about 4 M. from its mouth in Drogheda See also:Bay, and 312 m. N. by W. from See also:Dublin on the See also:Great See also:Northern See also:main See also:line. Pop. (1901) 12,760. It occupies both. See also:banks of the river; but the northern division is the larger of the two, and has received greater See also:attention in See also:modern times. The See also:ancient fortifications, still extant in the beginning of the 19th See also:century, have disappeared almost entirely, but of the four gateways one named after St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence remains nearly perfect, consisting of two loopholed circular towers; and there are considerable ruins of another, the See also:West or See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
Butler See also:Gate. Among the public buildings are a See also:mansion-See also:house or mayoralty, with a See also:suite of See also:assembly rooms attached; and the Tholsel, a square See also:building with a See also:cupola. St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's See also:chapel formerly served as the See also:cathedral of the See also:Roman See also:Catholic archbishopric of See also:Armagh; and in the See also:abbey of the Dominican nuns there is still preserved the See also:head of See also:Oliver See also:Plunkett, the See also:archbishop who was executed at See also:Tyburn in 1681 on an unfounded See also:charge of See also:treason. There was formerly an archiepiscopal See also:palace in the town, built by Archbishop See also:Hampton about 1620; and the See also:Dominicans, the See also:Franciscans, the See also:Augustinians, the See also:Carmelites and the knights of St See also:John have monastic establishments. Of the Dominican monastery (1224) there still exists the stately Magdalen See also:tower; while of the Augustinian abbey of St See also:Mary d'Urso (1206) there are the tower and a See also:fine pointed See also:arch. At the head of the educational institutions there is a classical school endowed by See also:Erasmus See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith. There is also a See also:blue-coat school, founded about 1727 for the See also:education of freemen's sons. The See also:present building was erected in 1870. See also:Benjamin See also:Whitworth, M.P., was a generous benefactor to the town, who built the Whitworth See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, furnished See also:half the funds for the construction of waterworks, established a See also:cotton factory, and is commemorated by a statue in the Mall. The See also:industrial establishments comprise cotton, See also:flax and See also:flour See also:mills, sawmills, tanneries, See also:salt and See also:soap See also:works, breweries, chemical manure and See also:engineering works. The town is the headquarters of the valuable Boyne See also:salmon-See also:fishery. A brisk See also:trade is carried on mainly in agricultural produce, especially with See also:Liverpool (which is distant 135 M. due E.) and with See also:Glasgow. Many works of improvement have been effected from See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to time in the See also:harbour, the quays of which occupy both sides of the river, the See also:principal, loon yds. in length, being on the See also:north See also:side. Here is a See also:depth of 21 ft. at the highest and 14 ft. at the lowest tides. The See also:tide reaches 22 m. above the town to Oldbridge; and See also:barges of 50 tons See also:burden can proceed 19 m. inland to See also:Navan. The river is crossed by a See also:bridge for See also:ordinary See also:traffic, and by a
fine railway viaduct. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors.
In the earliest notices the town of Drogheda is called Inver-Colpa or the See also:Port of Colpa; the present name signifies " The Bridge over the See also:Ford." In 1152 the See also:place is mentioned as the seat of a See also:synod convened by the papal See also:legate, See also:Cardinal Paparo; in 1224 it was chosen by See also:Lucas de Netterville, archbishop of Armagh, for the See also:foundation of the Dominican friary of which there are still remains; and in 1228 the two divisions of the town received See also:separate See also:incorporation from See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III. But there See also:grew up a strong feeling of hostility between ;Drogheda versus Uriel and Drogheda versus Midiam, in consequence of trading vessels See also:lading their cargoes in the latter or southern town, to avoid the pontage See also:duty levied in the former or northern town. At length, after much See also:blood had been See also:shed in the dispute, See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Bennett, a See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
monk residing in the town, succeeded by his eloquence, on the festival of Corpus Christi, 1412, in persuading the authorities of the two corporations to send to Henry IV. for a new See also:charter sanctioning their See also:combination, and this was granted on the 1st of See also:November. Drogheda was alwaysconsidered by the See also:English a place of much importance. In the reign of See also:Edward III. it was classed along with Dublin,See also:Waterford and See also:Kilkenny as one of the four See also:staple towns of Ireland. See also:Richard IL received in its Dominican monastery the submissions of O'See also:Neal, O'Donnell and other chieftains of See also:Ulster and See also:Leinster. The right of coining See also:money was bestowed on the town,.and parliaments were several times held within its walls. In the reign of Edward IV. the mayor received a See also:sword of See also:state and an See also:annuity of £20, in recognition of the services rendered by the inhabitants at Malpus Bridge against O'Reilly; the still greater See also:honour of having a university with the same privileges as that o' See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford remained a See also:mere See also:paper distinction, owing to the poverty of the town and the unsettled. state of the See also:country; and an See also:attempt made by the See also:corporation in modern times to resuscitate their rights proved unsuccessful. In 1495 Poyning's See also:laws were enacted by a See also:parliament held in the town. In the See also:civil See also:wars of 1641 the place was besieged by O'Neal and the Northern Irish forces; but it was gallantly defended by See also:Sir Henry Tichbourne, and after a See also:long See also:blockade was relieved by the See also:Marquess of See also:Ormond. The same nobleman relieved it a second time, when it was invested by the Parliamentary See also:army under See also:Colonel See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones. In 1649 it was captured by See also:Cromwell, after a See also:short though spirited See also:defence; and nearly every individual within its walls, without distinction of See also:age or See also:sex, was put to the sword. See also:Thirty only escaped, who were afterwards trans-ported as slaves to See also:Barbados. In 1690 it was garrisoned by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James's army; but after the decisive See also:battle of the Boyne (q.v.) it surrendered to the conqueror without a struggle, in consequence of a See also:threat that See also:quarter would not be granted if the town were taken by See also:storm.
Drogheda ceased to be a parliamentary borough in 1885, and a See also:county of a town in 1898. Before 1885 it returned one member, and before the See also:Union in 1800 it returned four members to the Irish parliament.
From the See also:close of the 12th century, certainly long before the See also:Reformation and for some time after it, the See also:primates of Ireland lived in Drogheda. Being mostly Englishmen, they preferred to reside in the portion of their See also:diocese within the gate, and Drogheda, being a walled town, was less liable to attack from the natives. From 1417 onwards Drogheda was their See also:chief place of See also:residence and of See also:burial. Its proximity to Dublin, the seat of See also:government and of the Irish parliament, in which the primates were such prominent figures, induced them to prefer it to Ardmacha inter Hibernicos. Archbishop O'Scanlain, who did much in the building of the cathedral at Armagh, preferred to live at Drogheda, and there he was buried in 1270. Near Drogheda in later times was the primates' See also:castle and summer palace at Termonfeckin, some ruins of which remain. In Drogheda itself there is now not a vestige of the palace, except the name " Palace See also:Street." It stood at the corner of the main street near St Lawrence's gate, and its grounds extended back to St Peter's See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church. The primates of the 15th century wereburied in or near Drogheda. After the Reformation five in See also:succession lived in Drogheda and there were buried, though there is now. nothing to See also:fix the spot where any of them lies. The last of these—Christopher Hampton—who was consecrated to the primacy in 1613, repaired the ruined cathedral of Armagh. He. built a new and handsome palace at Drogheda, and he repaired the old disused palace at Armagh and bestowed on it a See also:demesne of 300 acres.
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