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DRAWDA Urban Art Trail Tours

When

From: Saturday, 10 June 2023 To: Saturday, 26 August 2023

Where

Town Centre Drogheda Louth

Drogheda Urban Art Trail Tours – Embracing our mythological past.

A series of six outdoor murals throughout the town focusing on key figures and moments from Ireland’s mythological past, complemented with an audio tour available via your smartphone. 

On the Day: Meet at Droichead Arts Centre, Stockwell Street at 11.50am, pick up your mural map, and meet tour guides: Actress/writer - Grainne Rafferty, and Mythologist, Anthony Murphy.  Then, take a stroll throughout Drogheda and listen to the mythological stories behind the murals!

When: Every Saturday at 12pm from 3rd  June to 26th August.

Cost: 10 per person - Limited Availability, advance booking essential.

Murals

  1. Étaín, the heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne, one of the oldest and richest stories of our Mythological Cycle on Meat Market Lane is by Nina Valkhoff, a painter/muralist from Rotterdam. 
  2. Fionn MacCumhaill and the Salmon of Knowledge by artist Ciarán Dunlevy, from Drogheda on the Fitzwilliam Court building in Dyer St. 
  3. Boann, Godess of the Boyne by Lula Goce (Spain), at Abbey Lane.
  4. Dagda, the leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann has taken pride of place on Laurence St and is by Muralist/Painter Russ, from France. 
  5. Amergin by AERO, also from France the story of Ireland’s famous bard, poet and judge of the Milesians. This mural can be seen at Drogheda Port beside Goodwood Fuels. 
  6. The Morrígan on Patrick St by This Is Friz, an artist currently based in Bangor, Co. Down

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