Drogheda

Definitions of Drogheda
  1. noun
    in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants
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    battle, conflict, engagement, fight
    a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
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