Editing Drogheda (section)

===Politics and diplomacy===
*[[Éamonn Ceannt]] 1916 Rising Leader – secondary school student in St Joseph CBS Drogheda
*[[Damien English]], Minister of State at the [[Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment]] and TD for [[Meath West (Dáil constituency)|Meath West]]
*[[William Hughes (senator)|William Hughes]], Irish-born US senator from New Jersey
*[[Alison Kelly (diplomat)|Alison Kelly]], Irish ambassador to Israel
*[[Tony Martin (politician)|Tony Martin]], Canadian social democratic legislator
*[[Dominic McGlinchey]], [[Irish National Liberation Army|INLA]] leader, assassinated 10 February 1994
*[[Mairead McGuinness]], European Finance Commissioner and Fine Gael MEP
*[[Ged Nash]], Irish Politician, Labour Party. Former Mayor of Drogheda 2004–2005. Served as Minister of State for Business and Employment from 2014 to 2016. He was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 2016 to 2020. Currently TD 2020–present (Previously 2011–2016)
*[[Geraldine Byrne Nason]] diplomat, Irish Ambassador to the United Nations
*[[John Neary]] Diplomat. Ambassador to the Netherlands
*[[Paddy O'Hanlon]], a former Nationalist MP for [[South Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)|South Armagh]]
*[[Henry Singleton (judge)|Henry Singleton]], judge and friend of [[Jonathan Swift]], was a lifelong resident of Drogheda
*[[Peadar Toibin]], TD for [[Meath West (Dáil constituency)|Meath West]] and leader of [[Aontú]]
*[[T. K. Whitaker]], former Irish economist who wrote the Programme for Economic Expansion<ref>{{Cite web |title=TK Whitaker recalls his childhood in Paradise – Independent.ie |date=28 February 2003 |url=http://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/localnotes/tk-whitaker-recalls-his-childhood-in-paradise-27109582.html |access-date=17 June 2017 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184421/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/localnotes/tk-whitaker-recalls-his-childhood-in-paradise-27109582.html |url-status=live}}</ref>