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Is Drogheda In Louth Or Meath ?

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  • 22-07-2009 5:15pm
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    eirman
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    topper75
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    Louth.


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    D rog
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    Some of it's in the religious diocese of Meath I think.
    But geographically Louth.


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    gipi
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    The centre of town is in Louth, some of the suburbs are in Meath.


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    Mylow
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    Just past the Boyne Valley Hotel (at Stameen) you can see signs going southbound, 'Welcome to County Meath'. Beamore Road just as you pass under the railway bridge on left, (Millmount Estate) is in Co. Meath


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    TommyT
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    The new motorway bridge that is used on the Louth crest, surely half of that bridge is in Meath?


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    Stillnotworking
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    Highlands on the Rathmullen Road is in Meath and River bank on the other side of the road is Louth, also St Olievers School is louth. Not sure of the rest of the town.


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    gonker
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    Stillnotworking wrote: »
    Highlands on the Rathmullen Road is in Meath and River bank on the other side of the road is Louth, also St Olievers School is louth. Not sure of the rest of the town.

    Yes that is true. The back wall of my garden is nearly on the border between Louth and Meath according to google earth


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    JupiterKid
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    Drogheda is in Louth - the centre of the town, all of the north and 70% of the suburbs to the south. Some of the newest estates south of the town are in Meath.

    The county boundary should be extnded to include these estates IMO.


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    macadam
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    The Louth county boundary is as far vas Stameen beamore Donore Rd a nd out as far as the plunketts pitch on the Slane rd , people think the Boyne splits louth and meath it doesnt, drive around these roads and look carefully and you will find some of the county boundary stone markers,is Louth not small enough .
    BTW the Wolfe tones pitch at platin rd is in co meath.


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    southlouth type
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    eirman wrote: »
    ?

    what a stupid question for someone who either lives or god forbid actually comes from louth :rolleyes: unless your on the windup .


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    Mr Magnolia
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    Leave it out southlouth type, it's a fair question that I've seen asked before.


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    southlouth type
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    Mr Magnolia wrote: »
    Leave it out southlouth type, it's a fair question that I've seen asked before.

    Its a stupid question imo .Its pretty common knowledge that the town boundry extends into parts of east meath , but anyone who dosent know what county Drogheda is in who lives in ardee is either on the wind up or needs to go back to school .I suspect the wind up :rolleyes:


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    Famous45
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    on the windup

    This.

    Reason why I ain't wasted my time posting till now.


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    Mr Magnolia
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    I didn't ask for your opinion, I asked you to leave it out.


    Edit/ some advice to anyone else that this thread is bothering, don't read or post in it.


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    gipi
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    Having seen another thread from the OP, I think that the question is genuine. eirman is in business of some kind and asked about advertising - so it's fair to assume that s/he wants to know where to advertise (as in Louth or Meath papers, for instance) for a Drogheda audience.


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    Famous45
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    Having seen another thread from the OP, I think that the question is genuine. eirman is in business of some kind and asked about advertising - so it's fair to assume that s/he wants to know where to advertise (as in Louth or Meath papers, for instance) for a Drogheda audience

    Yes I agree.

    I made another response earlier to Magnolia and soon deleted it when I also checked out that post. Seems genuine enough now.


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    Famous45
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    and in turn the answer to the question is both.


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    Famous45
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    The likes of Highlands, River Bank and other estates in similar locality are in the diocese of Donore, which is in Meath, but Donore's address is Donore, Drogheda, Co Meath because there is 2 Donore's in Meath.

    In relation to advertising if you want to advertise to Meath, you would use the Meath Chronicle to cover the total area of that county.


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    therewillbe
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    Its in louth ,THANK GOD:D


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    **Timbuk2**
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    Here is a map. North of the big green line is Louth, south of the big green line is Meath.

    drogheda.jpg


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    Stealdo
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    Just looking at that map I remembered something I may never had heard.

    Did the county border originally run along the banks of the river and was changed before when Drogheda expanded south of the river?

    I'm sure someone told me before (I'm a blow in) that the parts of the town south of the boyne are relatively new.


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    **Timbuk2**
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    Stealdo wrote: »
    Just looking at that map I remembered something I may never had heard.

    Did the county border originally run along the banks of the river and was changed before when Drogheda expanded south of the river?

    I'm sure someone told me before (I'm a blow in) that the parts of the town south of the boyne are relatively new.

    I think you're right - I have an aunty who used to live in Droghda who thought that the county borders ran along the Boyne. They must have moved them south to keep the town from being bisected.


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    JupiterKid
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    I think the Louth/Meath boundary was extended to its current line about 15 to 20 years ago.

    AFAIK the River Boyne did form the original Meath/Louth boundary, but Louth was extended a little bit south of the river many decades ago, and was gradually extended from then on.


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    DYLF
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Drogheda is in Louth - the centre of the town, all of the north and 70% of the suburbs to the south. Some of the newest estates south of the town are in Meath.

    The county boundary should be extnded to include these estates IMO.



    as far as i know there is talk of the border being extended next year. not 100% on that thought. you can get a map they shows the louth/meath border on the drogheda borough website


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    Madflah
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    Wont happen as County Meath will not relinquish any revenue generated by the expansion of Drogheda into Meath eg business rates, building levies etc unless of course they are forced to with a general redrawing of county boundaries nationally.


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    DamoDLK
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    Jaysus - if Meath want it that badly they can have it!!!:D


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    musicfan
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    The motor tax office in Drogheda does not issue motor tax certs for certain estates in Drogheda - (don't know the list off the top of my head) - you have to go to Navan instead.


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    DYLF
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    duleek actually is the closest motor tax office to drogheda


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    joker1
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    As far as I know, the Thatch pub on Donore Road used to be in Co. Meath but the boundary was moved when they built Cedarfield......not sure if this is true or not...


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    southlouth type
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    joker1 wrote: »
    As far as I know, the Thatch pub on Donore Road used to be in Co. Meath but the boundary was moved when they built Cedarfield......not sure if this is true or not...

    nonsense .The tatch pub has proudly flown a louth flag for generations .


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