Talk:Drogheda
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[edit] Boyne Viaduct and Millmount
Moved both Boyne Viaduct and Millmout Fort to their own respective pages, i belive both sites warnt their own pages for just not their importance to the town but the country as a whole. Removed things to do as it was a advet. --Boothy443 23:21, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Edits
I am planning on adding more on the history of town, attractions, and such, so just bare with me, if you want to add things feel free, and I'll incorporate them into the edits that i have that are ongoing, hopefully i can expand this out a bit more. Feel free to comment or contact me. --User:Boothy443 | comhrÚ 20:01, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Pronunciation Guide
Do you think it would be a good idea to include an indication of how the town's name is pronounced? I've never heard anyone outside of Ireland (with the sole exception of Bill Clinton) pronounce it remotely correctly.
Am I the only one who hears "Cromwell" when somebody says "Drogheda"? :-) Seriously, does anybody know anything about the old town walls of Drogheda, where I could find a map of them or a study of them? I'm looking for the same for Trim, Ceannanas Mór, and Navan. I can be contacted at angabhar@hotmail.com. Le dea-mhéin. PS: That is amazing about the Turks in An Gorta Mór and the town crest. I never heard that before.
- Yes please, do add pronunciation guide -- the best is an audio file if you've got a microphone on your computer. --stochata 20:46, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
No, the best is IPA. Why does the English wikipedia seem to be allergic to including it? BTW I'm not from Drogheda but I always pronounce it that way, as two syllables. Don't know why :-) --Dub8lad1 00:56, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] contradictory
The last census put Dundalk as Ireland's largest town. Previous to that it was Drogheda. The difference is never more than 1000. They are both virtually the same size
How is Drogheda Ireland's largest town, when Dundalk is said to have a larger population? Also, one iteam says 31,200, and another 30,000. Make up your mind!
Steve Staunton a Drogheda inhabitant? erm....no
- On the first part you are half right. While dundalk is bigger in pouplation then Drogheda, the difference is that while Dundalk is a town, Drogheda is technicaly a borough. I belive that it status among the boroughs in the country put it in first, but being that i dont have the current pouplation figures in front of me, i cant say for sure, if anything it at least in the top three.
Second while i cant say if Staunton currently live in drogheda or the Surrounding area, i dont know, he was born their. Will make appropae changes to the section heading. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 06:21, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Question: Is the quoted population that of population living inside the town borough or are the significant populations living just outside the borough boundary in Meath and Louth included in the count. In the article on Leinster the population of Drogheda is listed as 37,601. Highlands16 14:37, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Ottoman humanitary aid during the Great Famine
"During the Great Famine, in 1847 the Ottoman Empire wished to donate Ireland 10,000 pounds on behalf of humanity, but Queen Victoria would let only 1000 English pounds to be given as a healing. So, the Ottoman padishah of the time, Abdülmecid (abdeulmedgid), sent 5 freighter ships (filled with bulk for the Irish) to Britain from Istanbul. In response to Queen Victoria's preventing the ships to dock in English ports, the five ships disembarked their loads in the first Irish port possible, Drogheda."
Does this information have any factual accuracy? Throughout the Internet, there is no reference of this except the same paragraph cited in other sources about Drogheda.
Klael 15:31, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Noted Natives
Okay people, stop adding every thomas, richard and harold that was born in Lourdes. It is the main maternity unit in the NE. Should Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and Hector all be added? Just because they were born here does not mean they are Drogheda men. If you can prove than Pierce spent a substantial portion of his life in drogheda then I will stop removing it. Johnny-Carmello
I'm with Johnny here- Removed Staunton and Brosnan. Staunton has never lived in the town and I doubt that Brosnan ever did. Just because the Lourdes Hospital is located in the town doesn't mean that all those born there are "from" Drogheda. Downunda 05:13, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
I would have to disagree because Pierce's heritage is in Drogheda, unlike some other people e.g. Keanu Reeves was born in Beirut, Eddie Izzard was born in Aden, and Bruce Willis was born in Idar-Oberstein. I wouldn't say they are of these nationalities because they were born there but only if it is their cultural heritage which it isn't for the previously mentioned. However, correct me if I am wrong, does Pierce's heritage lie in Drogheda? Since I am outnumbered, I guess I will have to stick with "no".
I'm not sure though if Brosnan or any of his family actually lived in Drogheda or its immediate surrounds. He definitely has some Navan links as I recall he was made a "Freeman" of Navan (or something similar). He has some very Irish traits (sense of humour being one) but I don't know if any of this can be linked to Drogheda. I am open to correction though Downunda 04:36, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] How do you know that Danes have founded it?
what are the sources? --Comanche cph 23:34, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
The Danes founded nearly every town on the east coast.It's fairly safe to say they did. Dermo69
[edit] Cogar, inis dom...
Cad é an scéal mar gheall ar an t-ainm ar Dhroichead Átha, 'Pontana'? Cén saghas foinse focail atá i gceist? El Gringo 20:45, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Drogheda for Kids
Drogheda for KidsJust wondering if anyone would be opposed to adding a link? The website is designed to help families moving into the area. There are links to activities, education and a community forum (soon-to-be). If you're intersted in seeing preliminary ideas for the site pls. look @ http://www.zyworld.com/kcirelandkids/
[edit] noted natives
Is not Pierce Brosnan born and/or raised here? --Sobreira 22:40, 22 December 2006 (UTC) Sorry, I did not read those previous statement of removing Brosnan. I was not pretending to start again a discussion on it, but in any case of having doubts, we can start another third level headline on "related people", as the article of Brosnan directs here and it is a bit surprising not finding him here. --Sobreira 22:50, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Better to get rid of this section altogether.
[edit] How is it pronounced
Members of my family who come from Drogheda refer to the town as DRAWDAH. Is this correct? Almost everyone else pronounces it as DROCKEDA. Arcturus 22:56, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
"Drawdah" is very much the colloquial pronounciation. "Draw-head-da" i believe is the correct form. I note the IPA pronunciation on this page is incorrect, if someone has the know-how as to hot to fix this...Downunda 23:55, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
I think Drogheda should be 'merged' with Drogheda United. BigMacintosh
I disagree, Drogheda United is notable enough to deserve its own page. Cleaned up perhaps with regards to this page, i'm sure there is more about sport in drogheda than merely the drogs Johnny-Carmello 16:40, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
