Editing Drogheda (section)

==Freedom of the Town==
The following people have received the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the Town]] of Drogheda.
*[[Charles Stewart Parnell]]: 1884.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parnell Silver Caskett 1884 |url=http://100objects.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/15-Lesson-Plan_Post-Primary_Parnell-Silver-Casket-1.pdf |website=100 Objects |access-date=21 August 2021 |language=en |archive-date=15 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115023733/http://100objects.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/15-Lesson-Plan_Post-Primary_Parnell-Silver-Casket-1.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Éamon de Valera]]: July 1933.<ref>{{cite web |title=President de Valera to be honoured with town freedom |url=https://todayuknews.com/world-news/president-de-valera-to-be-honoured-with-town-freedom/ |website=Today UK News |date=23 August 2020 |access-date=21 August 2021 |language=en |archive-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701121316/https://todayuknews.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Pope]] [[John Paul II]]: 29 September 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.irishidentity.com/extras/saints/stories/pope.htm |title=When love came to town |website=www.irishidentity.com |access-date=26 May 2020 |archive-date=27 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427135227/http://irishidentity.com/extras/saints/stories/pope.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[John Hume]]: 14 May 2001.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/drogheda-honour-for-john-hume-1.307694 |title=Drogheda honour for John Hume |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=26 May 2020 |archive-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701121309/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/drogheda-honour-for-john-hume-1.307694 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|Father]] Iggy O’Donovan: 23 October 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/fr-iggy-o-donovan-to-be-awarded-freedom-of-drogheda-1.1569638 |title=Fr Iggy O'Donovan to be awarded Freedom of Drogheda |first=Patsy |last=McGarry |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=26 May 2020 |archive-date=25 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225135821/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/fr-iggy-o-donovan-to-be-awarded-freedom-of-drogheda-1.1569638 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Michael D. Higgins]]: 22 May 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://president.ie/index.php/en/diary/details/president-is-conferred-with-the-freedom-of-drogheda |title=Diary President Is Conferred With The Freedom Of Drogheda |first=Office of the President of |last=Ireland |website=president.ie |access-date=7 September 2020 |archive-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701121311/https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-is-conferred-with-the-freedom-of-drogheda |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Seamus Mallon]]: 8 June 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/s%C3%A9amus-mallon-awarded-freedom-of-drogheda-despite-sinn-f%C3%A9in-objections-1.3524451 |title=Séamus Mallon awarded freedom of Drogheda despite Sinn Féin objections |first=Aine |last=McMahon |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=26 May 2020 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032145/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/s%C3%A9amus-mallon-awarded-freedom-of-drogheda-despite-sinn-f%C3%A9in-objections-1.3524451 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Geraldine Byrne Nason]]: 10 January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 January 2020 |title=Geraldine to gain Freedom of Drogheda in January event |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/geraldine-to-gain-freedom-of-drogheda-in-january-event-38822457.html |access-date=8 February 2020 |publisher=Drogheda Independent |archive-date=9 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109144119/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/geraldine-to-gain-freedom-of-drogheda-in-january-event-38822457.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*Brother Edmund Garvey, the former Head of the Christian Brothers Order, was awarded the Freedom of Drogheda in 1997. Following outrage over the fact that when he was Head of the Order he enacted a legal strategy as head of the Congregation making it more difficult for survivors of those who were sexually abused as Children to pursue Civil cases against the Order, a campaign commenced on [[LMFM]] on the show of the late [[Michael Reade]] supported by some elected members of [[Louth County Council]] and Drogheda Borough Council who voted by 5 votes to 4 with 1 abstention to rescind Garvey's name in September 2023. Legal advice provided from the then CE Joan Martin was than the elected members could be sued if they voted as allowed under the local government act and ignored her advice. They were not sued. However, Garvey's name remains on the list of the Freedom of Drogheda on the Louth County Council website with a codicil that elected members voted to remove the name but that the Staff opposed its removal.<ref>{{Cite web |access-date=26 October 2024 |title=Cllr's vote to remove freedom of Drogheda from Brother Garvey |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2023/09/04/freedom-of-drogheda-withdrawn-from-ex-head-of-christian-brothers-in-council-vote/ |publisher=IrishTimes|date=4 September 2023}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |title=Garvey decides not to sue Council|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/1129/1419104-edmund-garvey/ |publisher=RTE|date=29 November 2023}}</ref>