One day we took a bus tour that took us north of Dublin. It was an interesting trip that took us to several historic sights in the area.
One stop was at the Hill of Tara, which is ancient burial sight. It looks like a mound but there were many ancient monuments there.
We also stopped at Newgrange, a national monument. It is a prehistoric tomb, which looks like a mound. Both of these two sites would have given us information on the people who lived in Ireland 5,000 years ago. I don’t remember much of that history now, but information can be looked up on Wikipedia. But I do remember wandering around Newgrange and the area around it.
Another part of this tour was seeing the place where the Battle of the Boyne was fought – a battle in 1690 between the deposed King James II and King William III. This was basically a battle between two groups of Englishmen fighting over the throne of England, but on Irish soil. Never having been that interested in battles, my memory of the area is almost non-existent.
Drogheda was the last stop on our tour. It is about 50 km north of Dublin.