Drogheda

How To Use Drogheda In A Sentence

• What about sanctimonious Cromwell and his ironsides that put the women and children of Drogheda to the sword with the bible text GOD IS LOVE pasted round the mouth of his cannon? Ulysses
• Every so often they would lift their muzzles to the sky, flare their nostrils to take in the scent of hot light on Drogheda-like grass, dream a little that they were back there, walking toward a wilga in the daze of noon to lie down through the worst of it, read a book, drowse. The Thorn Birds
• Later, in Drogheda, it's Charlie who leads the charge on the canvas, with a walkabout that can only be described as swashbuckling.
• About 400 farmers from various parts of the country prevented a shipment of 3,100 tonnes of wheat being offloaded from a ship that had docked at Drogheda Port 10 days ago.
• All the other men made it back to Drogheda homestead ahead of the storm, turned their mounts into the stockyard and headed for either the big house or the jackaroo barracks. The Thorn Birds
• I'd keep him on 25)Drogheda and I will, if I have to crawl on my hands and knees through every graveyard on Crete.
• Part of the site of the Battle of the Boyne near Drogheda has been bought by the government for £7.75 million, netting a £5 million profit for its owners.
• The Drogheda man could not put two punches together as his eager opponent came forward, crowded him and pounded him with two fisted combinations.
• St Peter's church is prominently situated in the town of Drogheda, Co Louth and has a distinctive clock tower and spire.
• You speak of her as if she is a chattel of Drogheda," he said, his voice now harsh. THE THORN BIRDS