• This church located near the centre of the town dates back to the 12th Century on this site and has records going back to the 17th Century of births etc.
  • Built on the site of an earlier church, St Peters is a fabulous example of a Georgian church.
  • St. Peters Church of Ireland is built on a site which has been a centre of worship at least since the founding of the town of Drogheda itself.
  • Built in 1752, today's church is the second replacement of the original destroyed by Cromwell and, following an arson attack in 1999, was extensively restored.
  • Built on the site of an earlier church, St Peters is a wonderful example of a Georgian church. It has been described as “probably the finest provincial Georgian...
  • St. Oliver Plunkett: Journey to Sainthood by Tommy Burns, published by the author, Drogheda, Ireland, 2019, 308 pages, ISBN 978-1-78280-285-3.
  • St. Peters Church in Drogheda, Co. Louth has a two-storey, three-bay nave and a four-staged pinnacled tower topped by a needle spire.
  • After spending brief stints in Rome and elsewhere in Ireland, his head arrived in Drogheda in 1929, where it has remained ever since.
  • St oliver Plunkett's head is in St Peter's Church in Drogheda. Years ago there were many pilgrimages to the shrine and many religious items were blessed.