What it is
Drogheda was one of the most heavily walled towns in medieval Ireland, and this is what remains of its ten gates: a barbican that stood in front of the actual gate, with a portcullis slot and arrow loops in the towers. Traffic passed through the arch until 2015; today it is a quiet spot to look up at.
Information panels explain the walls, and a stretch of the wall itself survives nearby in Featherbed Lane.
Getting there by bus
The gate is at the top of Laurence Street, ten minutes' walk east of the bus station and five from the Boyne Valley Hotel end of town. Buses along Palace Street and Magdalene Street stop a few minutes away (Magdalene Tower stop).
The Magdalene Tower, the belfry of a Dominican friary, is five minutes further north.
