Editing Drogheda (section)

==Area==
[[File:123 of 'Cromwell in Ireland, a history of Cromwell's Irish Campaign ... with map, plans and illustrations' (11162537876).jpg|thumb|upright|Drogheda, 1749]]
Drogheda was founded as two separately administered towns in two different territories: Drogheda-in-[[Kingdom of Meath|Meath]] (i.e. the [[Lordship of Meath|Lordship and Liberty of Meath]], from which a charter was granted in 1194) and Drogheda-in-Oriel (or '[[Airgíalla|Uriel]]', as County Louth was then known). The division came from the twelfth-century boundary between two Irish kingdoms, colonised by different Norman interests, just as the River Boyne continues to divide the town between the dioceses of Armagh and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath|Meath]]. In [[1412 in Ireland|1412]], these two towns were united, and Drogheda became a [[county corporate]], styled as "the County of the Town of Drogheda". Drogheda continued as a county borough until the establishment of county councils under the [[Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898]], which saw all of Drogheda, including a large area south of the Boyne, become part of an extended County Louth. With the passing of the County of Louth and Borough of Drogheda (Boundaries) Provisional Order 1976, County Louth again grew larger at the expense of County Meath. The boundary was further altered in 1994 by the Local Government (Boundaries) (Town Elections) Regulations 1994. The 2007–2013 Meath County Development Plan recognises the Meath environs of Drogheda as a primary growth centre on a par with [[Navan]].