Living History-Bringing the 17th century to life (14 September 2025)
Price
Free of charge
Dates
14/09/2025 - 14/09/2025
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location
Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre – Oldbridge Estate
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. You may have an opportunity to come face to face with the musketeer, artillery gunner, pikemen, halberdiers, barber-surgeons, blacksmiths, gunners, sutlers, monks, and soldiers from all over 17th Century Europe. Who knows! Come along for the surprise.
And there is more! At 2pm join costumed historian Tóla Collier for a battlefield walk. Find out about the tactics, strategy, geography, and personalities on the battlefield.
(Meeting Point for battlefield walk: front of Oldbridge House)
Contact
Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre
Oldbridge House
Oldbridge
Drogheda
Co. Meath
A92 CY68
041 980 9950
Getting Here
Access Information:
Exit 9 on the M1 or via Donore Village
As part of the Boyne Boardwalk Refurbishment Scheme, Meath County Council are closing a section of the Oldbridge Road to vehicular traffic.
This includes its junction with Sheephouse Road to its junction with the Rathmullan Road. The road will remain open for pedestrians.
Bus information:
TFI Local Link Route 163 Athboy to Drogheda will make getting around Meath and Louth by bus even easier. Route 163 will operate 8 times per day, 7 days a week – creating a new connection to Kentstown and Duleek. Route 163 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.
Friday 11 April 2025
*Please note that there is no vehicular access to the Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre on Friday 11 April 2025 (pedestrian access only due to ongoing maintenance of the carpark.*
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