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1. (n.) Drogheda
a seaport in the E Republic of Ireland, on the Boyne River: captured by Cromwell in 1649. 23,173.
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1. (noun) Drogheda
in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants
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1. drogheda
a seaport in co. Louth, near the mouth of the Boyne, 32 m. N. of Dublin, with manufactures and a considerable export trade; was stormed by Cromwell in 1649 "after a stout resistance," and the garrison put to the sword; surrendered to William III. after the battle of the Boyne in 1690.
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