Mizinda ikuluikulu inakhala imodzi m'mphepete mwa Boyne
Kodi muyenera kupita ku Drogheda? Kukhala wachilungamo, poyamba, mapasa kumpoto kwa Dublin sizinene zolembera kunyumba. Koma kenanso, mipingo, makonzedwe a ku Georgian , chipata chabwino kwambiri cha tawuni, komanso mkulu wa St. Oliver Plunkett angapange ulendo waufupi kukhala woyenera.
Drogheda amakoka pakamwa pa Boyne ndipo ali tauni yakummwera ku County Louth . Mbali ya Drogheda kamodzi ku County Meath .
Nthawi yodziwika bwino ngati msewu wopita kumsewu wochokera ku Dublin kupita ku Belfast, tsopano wadutsamo kudzera pa mlatho wa Boyne ndi M1, kugwirizana kwa anthu ammudzi kungafune kukhalapo nthawi ya Cromwell.
Drogheda Mwachidule
Drogheda ndi malo osungirako mafakitale ndipo ali ndi (ngakhale sichidziwikiratu pomwepo) doko lomwe lapangitsa kuti pakhale kulemera kwa tawuniyi, koma tsopano ili mu dziko losangalatsa kwambiri. Zomalizazi zikhoza kunenedwa kumadera ambiri a mzindawu, monga nyumba zabwino za ku Georgiya nthawi zambiri zimaloledwa kusokonezeka, pafupi ndi malonda atsopano. Mabwinja a zaka zapitazi amadzazidwa ndi nyumba zapanyanja zapanyanja.
Kuyenda kudutsa Drogheda, makamaka pa tsiku lakuda, mvula, kungakhale chinthu chokhumudwitsa pang'ono. Koma pali mfundo zina zomwe zimapangitsa kuti kuyendera tawuni kukhale koyenera kwa iwo omwe akufuna kuwatsatira.
Mbiri Yakale ya Drogheda
Dzina la Drogheda limachokera ku Irish " Droichead Átha ", kwenikweni "mlatho pawombera", dzina lomwe limaphatikizapo chifukwa cha kukhazikitsidwa.
Panali mpanda, ndipo kenako mlatho, womwe unapanga mbali ya msewu waukulu wa North-South ku East Coast. Imeneyi inali malo ogulitsa ndi kuteteza.
N'zosadabwitsa kuti midzi iwiri inayamba: Drogheda-in-Meath ndi Drogheda-in-Oriel. Pomaliza, mu 1412, Droghedas awiriwa adakhala "County of Town of Drogheda". Mu 1898, tawuniyi, idakalibe ufulu, inakhala mbali ya County Louth.
Pazaka zapakatikati, Drogheda ngati tawuni yokhala ndi mipanda inali gawo lofunika kwambiri la "zotumbululuka", komanso ankasewera ku Parliament Parliament nthawi zina. Kukhala wofunikira kwambiri pofuna kutsimikiziridwa kuti palibe moyo wamtendere, ndipo tauniyi idalidi kuzunguliridwa kangapo. Kumenyedwa koopsa kwambiri kunatha ndi Oliver Cromwell kutenga Drogheda mu September 1649. Chimene chinachitika kenako ndi cholimba kwambiri mu gulu la Irish psyche: Kuphedwa kwa Cromwell kwa asilikali a Royalist ndi anthu a Drogheda. Zoona zenizeni zokhudzana ndi chiwonongeko ichi zimatsutsidwabe.
Panthawi ya nkhondo za Williamite, Drogheda adatetezedwa bwino ndipo asilikali a King Williams adasankha kuti adzikonzekere, m'malo momusulira Boyne ku Oldbridge. Nkhondo ya Boyne mu 1690 ndi imodzi mwa zofunikira kwambiri ku Ireland.
M'zaka za zana la 19, Drogheda adadzikonzanso yekha ngati malo ogulitsa ndi mafakitale. Kuyambira m'chaka cha 1825, "Drogheda Steam Packet Company" inapangitsa kuti Liverpool izigwirizana. Mzindawu ndi "Mulungu Mphamvu Yathu, Malonda Athu Ulemelero Wathu" adanena zonsezi, ngakhale kuti zaka za m'ma 1900 zinachepa pang'ono. Mzindawu udakalibe ndi mafakitale ena ndipo gawo la utumiki linalowetsa ena.
Anthu ambiri adabwera panthawi ya "Celtic Tiger" pamene Drogheda anadzidzimutsa mwadzidzidzi ku Belt.
Malo Ochezera ku Drogheda
Kudutsa kudera la Drogheda kumatenga osachepera ola limodzi ndikupita ku zokopa zambiri, pamodzi ndi Millmount Museum. Kupaka magalimoto kungakhale kovuta nthawi zina, tsatirani zizindikiro ndikutsata mwayi woyamba Kenaka fufuzani pamapazi:
- Chipata cha St. Laurence's (ngodya ya Laurence Street ndi Palace Street) ndi pafupifupi gawo lonse la khoma laling'ono lakumadzulo ndipo likukhazikitsabe. Misewu ikuyenda kudutsa monsemo komanso malo omangidwe amachotsa pakhomo. Kuchokera pano, mudakalibe malire omwe kale mumzindawu mumayendera mukutsata misewu yomwe inaloŵa m'malo amtunda.
- Mzinda wa St. Mary Magdalen Tower (pakati pa Magdalen Street Upper ndi Patrick Street) ndizo zonse zomwe zimakhalapo pa dzina lapamwamba pamudziwu, wokongola kwambiri pakati pa zaka zambiri.
- Mpingo wa St. Peter's (Church of Ireland, Peter Street) ndi wokondweretsa pa tchalitchi chake. Mukakhala mu khoma kumbuyo kwa tchalitchichi, mudzapeza nsanja yam'mbuyo yam'mbuyo yomwe ikuwonetsa anthu omwe anafawo ngati mafupa omwe sanaveke pamapiritsi a maliro. Chithunzi chenichenicho, chokhala ngati memento mori kwa iwo omwe asiyidwa, chinali chodziwika kwa kanthawi kochepa ndipo chikusiyana ndi zithunzi zowonjezereka ndi manda enieni apakatikati.
- Mpingo wa St. Peter (Roma-Katolika, West Street) ndi mpingo wawukulu wa Katolika komwe mumzindawu ndi malo oyenda. Apa mutu wa St. Oliver Plunkett ukuwoneka. Mu shrine kuseri kwa galasi, njira ina yomwe yawonongeka ya woyera wa ku Ireland tsopano si wokongola. Chiwonetsero chaching'ono chimauzanso alendo a ku St. Oliver Plunkett kuphedwa ndi Chingerezi.
- Tholsel wokongola kwambiri, nyumba yakale ya tawuniyi, imapezeka pa ngodya ya West Street ndi Shop Street.
- Millmount Museum ku Barrack Street pa malo omwe kale anali nyumba, nyumba yosungiramo nyumba yosungirako zinthu zakale, Drogheda, ngakhale kuchokera kumbali yakum'mwera kwa mtsinjewu. Zisonyezero za mbiri yakale ndi zamalonda ziyenera kuyendera.
Drogheda Miscellany
Alendo omwe akufuna chidwi ndi mbiri ya sitimayi ayenera kupita ku sitima ya Rail Rail (nyumba zakale zomwe zili pafupi ndi msewu wa Dublin) ndikuyang'anitsitsa Boyne Viaduct.
Drogheda United ndi imodzi mwa magulu otchuka kwambiri a mpira ku Ireland, akugonjetsa masewera angapo. Malo awo a nyumba angapezeke mu Windmill Road.
Nthano zapachikhalidwe zimapitiriza kunena kuti nyenyezi ndi zowonjezera zinawonjezeredwa m'mipata ya tawuni chifukwa Ufumu wa Ottoman unatumiza ngalawa ndi chakudya kwa Drogheda panthawi ya njala yaikulu. Mwamwayi, palibe mbiri yakale yomwe imathandizira izi komanso zizindikirozo zimakonzeranso njala.