Co. Louth -- CEMETERY-DROGHEDA > Hi, Michelle -- My 1985s tour book mentions Siena Convent, Catholic, on > Chord Road, Drogheda, built in 1796 with a peaceful private chapel, open > daily. > > There is also a St. Peter's Church, Catholic, West Street with a shrine of > St. Oliver Plunkett, Primate of All-Ireland martyred at Tyburn, London, in > 1681. The jewelled casket containing his head is a centre of pilgrimage. > > There is a St. Mary's Catholic church top of Peter Street with commanding > views from churchyard, where Henry Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, is buried. > Church built in 1807; earlier building damaged during Cromwellian siege. > > Augustinian abbey, Abbey Lane, behind West St. shopping centre, only the > fine 13th century tower remains. > > Millmount Museum in Drogheda houses one of the finest town museums in > Ireland. All kinds of material reflecting life in Drogheda over the past > three centuries. A Mrs. Moira Corcoran was the contact person in 1985. > Millmount tower, next to museum, said to have been built on site of 11th > century BC burial mound. View from top is magnificent. Ask for key to gate > at museum. > > Courthouse, Fair St., has extensive selection of local material and > information. It houses sword and mace presented to Drogheda Corporation by > William III after Battle of the Boyne, 17th century charters, etc. Tours by > arrangement of the Town Clerk's Office. > > Drogheda is a hilly town, over 2,000 years old. The Danes settled there in > 911 and later, under Anglo-Norman rule, two separate towns developed, one on > each side of the Boyne river. In 1649, after a bitter siege, Cromwell took > Drogheda and killed most of its inhabitants. Today (1985), though a busy > industrial town, the wharfsides and the historic back lanes are extremely > atmospheric. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michelle Wilson" <micpaint@together.net> > To: <IrelandGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:55 PM > Subject: [IGW] OLD CHORD CEMETERY-DROGHEDA > > > > Dear Listers.... > > Does anyone know anything about the OLD CHORD CEMETERY in Drogheda > > and/or where I could write about any records of burials there? > > > > I understand there was a book published called "Chord Cemetery > > Inscriptions" from the "Journal of Old Drogheda Society' Publisher was > > Northeast Printers Ltd. Would anyone have a copy or know an address > > where I could write. I'm trying to learn if there are any buriels for > > FARLEY's in there. I am trying to locate a gr-aunt's twin that died > > shortly after birth in June 1871 and possibly some other FARLEYS' and > > GLOVERS.. > > > > Thank you > > Michelle Wilson-VT. > > micpaint@together.net > > FARLEY, LEMON, MAGEE, ADAMS, WELLS, MORRIS, TUKE, QUINNELL, McMILLAN, > > MUNDELL, GLOVER. > > > > > > ==== IrelandGenWeb Mailing List ==== > > This list is sponsored by the IrelandGenWeb Project - > http://www.irelandgenweb.com > > > > > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Visit the Ireland List Homepage: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irelandlist > De nobis fabula narratur, their story is our story > http://irelandgenealogyprojects.rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >