Editing Drogheda (section)

==Sport==
The town's [[association football]] team, [[Drogheda United F.C.|Drogheda United]], was formed in 1919, and their home matches are played at [[United Park|Head In The Game Park]]. Nicknamed "The Drogs", they currently compete in the [[League of Ireland Premier Division]], which they won for the first time in [[2007 League of Ireland Premier Division|2007]]. The club achieved success by winning the [[FAI Cup]] in [[2005 FAI Cup|2005]] and [[2024 FAI Cup|2024]], and back to back [[Setanta Sports Cup]] successes in [[2006 Setanta Sports Cup|2006]] and [[2007 Setanta Sports Cup|2007]], along with the [[2012 League of Ireland Cup|2012 EA Sports Cup]]. The Drogs came close to [[UEFA Champions League]] qualification on 2 occasions, in [[2008–09 UEFA Champions League|2008]] and [[2013–14 UEFA Champions League|2013]]. They also narrowly missed out on a [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] place twice, in [[2006–07 UEFA Cup|2006]] and [[2007–08 UEFA Cup|2007]]. Since their formation, the club have won 12 major honours. In 2011, Drogheda became the sister club of Turkish club [[Trabzonspor]] due to their matching colours, and the town's history of Ottoman assistance during the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Famine]]. They are also the sister club of English club [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]] and Danish club Silkeborg through their shared ownership through Trivela Group. As cup winners, the Drogs will compete in the preliminary rounds of the [[UEFA Conference League]] in July 2025.

In [[rugby union]], the local [[Boyne RFC]] team was formed in 1997 from the amalgamation of Delvin RFC and Drogheda RFC. {{As of|2010}}, the men's 1st XV team were playing in the Leinster J1 1st division.