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World Heritage SitesArchaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne

in World Heritage Sites

Known as Brú na Bóinne (English: "Quarters of the Boyne") this is an internationally important complex of Neolithic chamber tombs, standing stones, henges and other prehistoric enclosures located in a wide meander of the River Boyne in Ireland.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member RakeInTheCache

location: Ireland

date listed: 10/30/2006

last visited: 9/16/2008

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Tourist Information Centers - Visitor CentersBru na Boinne Historical Park

in Tourist Information Centers - Visitor Centers

The Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre is the starting point for all visits to the monuments of Newgrange and Knowth.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member RakeInTheCache

location: Ireland

date listed: 10/30/2006

last visited: 6/11/2006

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Megalithic MonumentsDowth Passage Tomb

in Megalithic Monuments

Near the passage tombs of Newgrange and Knowth are the passage tombs of Dowth, also known as The Fairy Mound of Darkness.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 12/20/2008

last visited: never

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Megalithic MonumentsNewgrange Passage Tomb

in Megalithic Monuments

Built by Neolithic farming communities about 5000 years ago, the passage tombs have clear astronomical alignments such as the Winter Solstice Sunrise at Newgrange and the Equinox Sunrise at Loughcrew.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 12/20/2008

last visited: never

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Wikipedia EntriesNewgrange Passage Tomb

in Wikipedia Entries

Newgrange is one of the passage tombs of the Brú na Bóinne complex. one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world and the most famous of all Irish prehistoric sites.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 12/23/2008

last visited: never

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Megalithic MonumentsKnowth Neolithic Burial Chambers

in Megalithic Monuments

Knowth is the site of a neolithic passage grave, one of the ancient monuments of the Brú na Bóinne complex in the valley of the River Boyne in Ireland.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member RakeInTheCache

location: Ireland

date listed: 10/30/2006

last visited: 1/5/2008

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Stone BridgesHorse Bridge

in Stone Bridges

The Boyne Navigation Canal runs through an historic and indeed prehistoric landscape.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 3/1/2008

last visited: never

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Static Artillery DisplaysOldbridge Cannon

in Static Artillery Displays

This cannon is on display at the entrance to the oldbridge Estate in Co Meath.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 12/23/2008

last visited: never

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BattlefieldsBattle of the Boyne

in Battlefields

No year in Irish history is better known than 1690. No Irish battle is more famous than William III's victory over James II at the River Boyne, a few miles west of Drogheda.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 1/30/2008

last visited: never

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Historic TreesThe Lime Tree - Duleek Co Louth Ireland

in Historic Trees

The Lime Tree: The people of Duleek planted two saplings entwined around each other, one an ash (native to these islands) and the other a lime (foreign and exotic) to represent Mary and William in 1690 only the lime tree survived to this day.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 4/7/2008

last visited: never

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Exceptional TreesThe Lime Tree

in Exceptional Trees

The Lime Tree: The people of Duleek planted two saplings entwined around each other, one an ash (native to these islands) and the other a lime (foreign and exotic) to represent Mary and William in 1690 only the lime tree survived to this day.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 2/1/2008

last visited: never

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Christian CrossesDuleek Wayside Cross

in Christian Crosses

In the village marketplace is a charming monument erected by Janet Dowdall in 1601 in the memory of her late husband, William Bathe of Athcarne Castle.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 4/17/2008

last visited: never

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Kentucky Fried Chicken/KFC RestaurantsKFC - Drogheda Co Louth Ireland

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This Kfc has just being built in a new business park that can be reached from The Dublin to Belfast motorway near Drogheda Ireland.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 1/30/2008

last visited: never

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Subway RestaurantsSubway - Drogheda Co Louth Ireland

in Subway Restaurants

This Subway is located in a brand new shopping center in Drogheda Co Louth Ireland

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 1/30/2008

last visited: 12/28/2007

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Abbeys, Convents and MonasteriesMelifont Abbey - Drogheda Ireland

in Abbeys, Convents and Monasteries

Mellifont Abbey was the first Cistercian Abbey to be founded in Ireland. It was introduced into Ireland by St Malachy the archbishop of Armagh in 1142.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 12/19/2008

last visited: 3/25/2007

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Christian CrossesSlane Cross - Slane Co Meath

in Christian Crosses

This is a large Celtic Cross mounted on a memorial to the people who gave there lives in the war of 1798.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 3/19/2008

last visited: never

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GraffitiUnder the bridge

in Graffiti

This Graffiti can be found under the main bridge in the Town of Drogheda Co Louth Ireland.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 2/4/2008

last visited: never

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Abbeys, Convents and MonasteriesSlane Hill Abbey

in Abbeys, Convents and Monasteries

The Hill of Slane rises above the Boyne River valley to heights from you can see the Wicklow mountains south of Dublin, east to Drogheda and the Irish Sea, northward into the North of Ireland, southwest to the regal Hill of Tara and West to the motte upon which stood the ring fort of the earliest settlers. Atop the Hill of Slane are the ruins of a Franciscan Monastery built in 1512 by Christopher Fleming capped by the commanding belltower of Saint Patrick's Church.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Bebop

location: Ireland

date listed: 9/22/2006

last visited: 9/17/2006

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History MuseumsMillmount Museum - Drogheda Co Louth

in History Museums

Millmount Museum is at The Millmount Martello Tower in Drogheda it overlooks the historic river Boyne.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 3/19/2008

last visited: never

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This Old ChurchSt Peter's Church

in This Old Church

St. Peter's R.C. Church in West Street is world famous for housing the shrine of St Oliver Plunkett.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 1/31/2008

last visited: never

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Roman Catholic ChurchesSt Peter's Church - Drogheda Co Louth Ireland

in Roman Catholic Churches

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in West Street is world famous for housing the shrine of St Oliver Plunkett.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 1/31/2008

last visited: never

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Stained Glass WindowsSt Peter's Church - Drogheda Co Louth Ireland

in Stained Glass Windows

St Peter's Church - Drogheda Co Louth Ireland

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 1/30/2008

last visited: never

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Martello TowersMillmount Martello Tower

in Martello Towers

the 19th century martello tower sits on the top of a large mound which, according to local folklore is the burial place of a poet warrior from Spain called Amergin

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 3/3/2008

last visited: never

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Christian CrossesCeltic Cross - Drogheda Co Louth

in Christian Crosses

This Cross sit's on top of a memorial to the great war.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 3/17/2008

last visited: never

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World War I Memorials and MonumentsGreat War Memorial - Drogheda Co Louth

in World War I Memorials and Monuments

The horrors of the First World War can be imagined by looking at the names engraved on the War Memorial at the bottom of Mary Street, Drogheda.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Windsockers

location: Ireland

date listed: 3/16/2008

last visited: never

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