Is Drogheda In Louth Or Meath ?

eirman · 22-07-2009 4:15pm #1

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topper75 · 22-07-2009 4:16pm

Louth.

D rog · 22-07-2009 4:39pm

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

gipi · 22-07-2009 7:13pm

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

Mylow · 22-07-2009 8:30pm

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

TommyT · 22-07-2009 9:28pm

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

Stillnotworking · 23-07-2009 8:29am

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.

gonker · 23-07-2009 8:06pm

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

JupiterKid · 24-07-2009 1:43am

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.

macadam · 24-07-2009 6:58am

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.

southlouth type · 24-07-2009 2:00pm

eirman wrote: »

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

Mr Magnolia · 24-07-2009 2:12pm

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

southlouth type · 24-07-2009 2:24pm

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:

Famous45 · 24-07-2009 2:31pm

on the windup

This.

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

Mr Magnolia · 24-07-2009 2:32pm

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.

gipi · 24-07-2009 6:23pm

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.

Famous45 · 24-07-2009 8:43pm

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.

Famous45 · 24-07-2009 8:44pm

and in turn the answer to the question is both.

Famous45 · 24-07-2009 8:48pm

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.

therewillbe · 24-07-2009 8:50pm

Its in louth ,THANK GOD:D

**Timbuk2** · 24-07-2009 9:04pm

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

Stealdo · 25-07-2009 7:35pm

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.

**Timbuk2** · 25-07-2009 8:43pm

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.

JupiterKid · 28-07-2009 11:38pm

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.

DYLF · 29-07-2009 2:54pm

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

Madflah · 31-07-2009 12:03am

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.

DamoDLK · 02-08-2009 9:54am

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

musicfan · 03-08-2009 8:26am

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.

DYLF · 04-08-2009 12:49pm

duleek actually is the closest motor tax office to drogheda

joker1 · 14-08-2009 10:49pm

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...

southlouth type · 14-08-2009 11:59pm

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 .

louthandproud · 18-08-2009 1:14pm

southlouth type wrote: »

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:

Actually the "Town" boundary doesn't extend into Meath, being that the "Town" boundary is the area governed by the borough council, area's of the greater Drogheda area extend into Meath but the official town itself does not.

musicfan · 22-08-2009 6:04pm

DYLF wrote: »

duleek actually is the closest motor tax office to drogheda

Motor Tax office in Drogheda obviously don't know that so - they told me I had to go to Navan that that was the nearest!

Stillnotworking · 22-08-2009 7:31pm

The Duleek Motor Tax office closed last November so it has to be Navan.

eirman · 02-09-2009 6:44pm

Thanks for all the replies. I have concluded that most of the town is in Louth and some of it is in Meath.

I got firm confirmation from the guy (a historian) who gave me the tour of the martello tower - He pointed to the left and said all that part of the town is in Louth and he gestured to the right indicating the part of the town that was in Meath.

I wonder how An Post deal with the Louth/Meath issue if the wrong county is used for a particular address?

louthandproud · 02-09-2009 8:42pm

eirman wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies. I have concluded that most of the town is in Louth and some of it is in Meath.

I got firm confirmation from the guy (a historian) who gave me the tour of the martello tower - He pointed to the left and said all that part of the town is in Louth and he gestured to the right indicating the part of the town that was in Meath.

I wonder how An Post deal with the Louth/Meath issue if the wrong county is used for a particular address?

I use the wrong county for postal, as even us Meath-side dwellers are in the Drogheda postal district.

Is Drogheda In Louth Or Meath ?

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