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Drogheda

(drô′ə də)

seaport in E Ireland, at the mouth of the Boyne: captured (1649) by Cromwell, who massacred its Royalist garrison: pop. 24,000

See Drogheda in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A municipal borough of eastern Ireland on the Boyne River. Oliver Cromwell stormed the town in 1649 and massacred the inhabitants. Population: 29,000.

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