Extracts & Stories from the Archives of Drogheda Port

Drogheda Port has preserved a unique archive relating to its operation since 1790, recording the industrial and social life of the town. The industrial and commercial archive contains an extensive overview of the day to day activities of the port, including minutes of meetings, accounts, engineers reports, correspondences, invoices, notices, details of ships and cargoes, photographs, mapping and audio interviews. From this archive we have selected some interesting stories and articles.

	Read about the attempted rescue of the Brig Manley in 1871
	Read about the reporting of the accident of the Leinster lass
	Read an extract from the Records of vessels calling to Drogheda in 1880
	Read about some of the wrecks of vessels recorded at Drogheda Port
	Read an extract from Bassets Directory 1886
	Read about the arrival of Drogheda Steampacket Company's Steam Paddle Vessel to Drogheda in November 1826
	Read an extract from Trade Records of Drogheda Port from 1566
	Read about Drogheda's first ever ice rink in 1879
	Read about the “Lumineach“ from 1940
	Read about the Drogheda Steampacket Company and its ships
	Read about the Tredagh, which pulled into Drogheda in 1876
	Read about the Iverna
	Read an article by Brendan Matthews about the ships which called to Drogheda Port
	Read about the ships of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company which called to Drogheda Port
	Read about the lucky Cargo of McCann's Irish Oatmeal
	Read About the Workmen employed on board a steam dredge boat in 1845