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DROGHEDA - DROICHEAD-ATHA. THE BRIDGE OF THE FORD - Several towns in Ireland have taken their names from bridges, which were frequently erected at places where a ford across the river was already in use. The name of Drogheda, County Louth, preserves the memory of the old ford where the northern coast-road crossed the River Boyne, and in ancient writings it is always called Droichead-atha, "the bridge of the ford". Drogheda is an important sea-port and market-town on both banks of the Boyne. The principal industries are spinning, weaving, corn and saw mills, brewing, meat-packing, etc. The population is 12,688 (1926).

Dublin, the name Duibh-linn (Dubh's Pool) commemorates Dubh, a jealous wife who drowned her rival by majic..., Historic Names of Places Collection
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