DRAWDA Urban Art Trail
About 2.5km if you walk all six ·
About
DRAWDA takes its name from the way Drogheda actually sounds when a local says it, and it is a trail of six large murals through the town centre, each one on a figure or moment from Irish mythology. Fionn MacCumhaill and the Salmon of Knowledge is on the Fitzwilliam Court building on Dyer Street by Ciaran Dunlevy; Etain, from one of the oldest stories in the Mythological Cycle, is on Meat Market Lane by Nina Valkhoff; Boann, the goddess the river itself is named for, is at Abbey Lane by Lula Goce; the Dagda is on Laurence Street by Russ; Amergin, the bard and judge of the Milesians, is down at Drogheda Port by AERO; and the Morrigan is on Patrick Street by This Is Friz. QR codes at each site play an audio story about the artwork. The programme was produced by Droichead Arts Centre and Love Drogheda BIDS with Louth County Council Arts Office, curated by Dee Walsh and Brian Hegarty with the mythologist Anthony Murphy, and it launched between November 2021 and April 2022. Pick up the printed map from Droichead Arts Centre or Love Drogheda, or use the digital one.
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Highlights
- ✓Boann, goddess of the Boyne, at Abbey Lane by Lula Goce
- ✓Amergin at Drogheda Port by AERO, the one that takes you down to the working quays
- ✓QR audio stories at each mural, narrated from the mythology
- ✓Free, self-guided and walkable in an afternoon
Tips
- →Start at Droichead Arts Centre on Stockwell Street, where the printed map is available, or download the digital version first.
- →The Amergin mural is at the port rather than in the shopping streets, so leave it for last or drive to it.
- →Droichead Arts Centre also runs guided mural tours at points through the year; check their What's On before assuming it is self-guided only.