Editing Drogheda (section)

===Arts and media===
*[[Yasmine Akram]], comedian and actress in [[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]
*[[Pierce Brosnan]], actor, film producer and environmentalist was born in Drogheda<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-11-02 |title=The Official Pierce Brosnan site |url=http://www.piercebrosnan.com/menu.php?mm=5&sm=2&pn=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102180843/http://www.piercebrosnan.com/menu.php?mm=5&sm=2&pn=1 |archive-date=2013-11-02 |access-date=2022-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sanwari |first=Ahad |date=2023-09-12 |title=Pierce Brosnan - Biography |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/20091008219/pierce-brosnan/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Hello! |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[Eamonn Campbell]], member of [[The Dubliners]]
*[[Alison Comyn]], journalist and broadcaster 
*[[Susan Connolly (poet)|Susan Connolly]], poet, Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship 2001
*[[Daniele Formica]], actor, stage director and playwright was born in Drogheda
*[[Angela Greene]], poet, Patrick Kavanagh Award 1988, Salmon Press
*[[Michael Holohan]], composer, member and former chair of [[Aosdána]]
*[[Jonathan Kelly]], singer-songwriter
*[[Evanna Lynch]], actress known for her role as Luna Lovegood in the [[Harry Potter]] films
*[[Colin O'Donoghue]], actor known for his role of Captain Hook/Killian Jones in the American TV Show ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]''
*[[Hector Ó hEochagáin]], broadcaster and podcaster
*[[Offica (rapper)|Offica]], drill rapper
*[[Deirdre O'Kane]], actress and casting director
*[[Eliza O'Neill]], actress.
*[[John Boyle O'Reilly]], poet and novelist, member of the [[Irish Republican Brotherhood]]
*[[Nano Reid]], painter of landscapes, particularly Drogheda, the Boyne Valley and surrounding areas
*[[Fiachra Trench]], composer. Penned the string arrangement for [[fairytale of New York]], and wrote music for many Hollywood films