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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A town of eastern Ireland on the Boyne River. Oliver Cromwell's army stormed the town during his military campaign in Ireland in 1649 and massacred the defenders.

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  • noun in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants

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  • Wikipedia has a shorter one here, but with some pictures of his shrine in Drogheda.

    27 July -- Bl Titus Brandsma, O. Carm. John 2009

  • Wikipedia has a shorter one here, but with some pictures of his shrine in Drogheda.

    St Oliver Plunkett John 2009

  • A secret Foreign Office report by 'Drogheda' analysed the history of Gibraltar's status and that of Ceuta.

    MercoPress 2010

  • A secret Foreign Office report by 'Drogheda' analysed the history of Gibraltar's status and that of Ceuta.

    MercoPress 2010

  • She’s going to waste her life away stuck on Drogheda, which is a shame.”

    The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977

  • I want something safe, permanent, enduring, so I’m coming home to Drogheda, which is all those things.

    The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977

  • The cargo was unloaded in a port called Drogheda and since then, at the insistence of the people, the star and crescent of your country forms part of the town's coat of arms. "

    Slugger O'Toole Mark McGregor 2010

  • In Scotland Airdrie United have also suffered back-to-back relegations from the same league – in 2008-09 Livingston's financial problems meant they stayed up, only to go down in 2009-10, while Drogheda's League of Ireland rivals Bray Wanderers can claim to have been relegated twice in a fortnight.

    xxHas a team ever been relegated from the same division two years in a row? | The Knowledge 2011

  • After defeats by Patrick's own Drogheda and Sporting Fingal Bray were relegated for the second time in a fortnight … however Cork City folded just before the start of the 2010 season so Bray were invited back into the Premier Division.

    xxHas a team ever been relegated from the same division two years in a row? | The Knowledge 2011

  • The army laid siege to the island, the most brutal being that waged on the towns of Wexford and Drogheda, where defenders of the towns were summarily executed.

    Everyday Life in the British Parliament: Home Rule | Edwardian Promenade 2009

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