Heritage Week: Living History-Bringing the 17th Century to Life
Price
Free of charge
Dates
17/08/2024 - 25/08/2024
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location
Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre – Oldbridge Estate
We are delighted to announce a special weekend treat on Saturday & Sunday, 17th-18th and 24th-25th August @ 11am-4pm.
Step back in time with Laoch Living History and find out what it was like to be a 17th century soldier under the forbidding gaze of a Drill Sergeant. Discover the world of the musketeer and artillery gunner. And what about those wounded in battle? Quake in your boots as you meet the Barber Surgeon who will delve into the fascinating world of battlefield medicine. Also take the opportunity to meet the Coin Maker (armies need money!)
And there is more! At 2pm join costumed historian Tóla Collier for a battlefield walk
Meeting Point: front of the Oldbridge House
Contact
Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre
Oldbridge House
Oldbridge
Drogheda
Co. Meath
A92 CY68
041 980 9950
Getting Here
Exit 9 on the M1 or via Donore Village
Obelisk Bridge Closure Notice.
Jon’s Civil Engineering Company Ltd on behalf of Louth Co. Co. are to carry out extensive rehabilitation works to the Obelisk Bridge on the L16014 over the coming next 10 months, from 21 August 2023.
Louth Co. Co. have arranged for a road closure.
The proposed date for closing the bridge/road is Monday 21 of August. Please note that the Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre and the Oldbridge Estate will be open as normal – access only via M1 Exit 9 or through the Signed Diversion Route through the Town of Drogheda.
Bus information:
TFI Local Link Route 188 Athboy to Drogheda will make getting around Meath and Louth by bus even easier. Route 188 will
operate 8 times per day, 7 days a week – creating a new connection to Kentstown and Duleek. Route 188 will provide improved
access to Brú na Bóinne (Newgrange) and the Battle of the Boyne as well as improved connectivity to regional bus services and
hospitals in both Drogheda and Navan.
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