Drogheda Urban Art Trail Tours – Embracing our mythological past.

DRAWDA is a series of eight 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.

In-person guided tours will take place in August on Saturday 23rd (Anthony Murphy) and Sunday 31st (Grainne Rafferty)

On the Day: Meet at Droichead Arts Centre, Stockwell Street 10 mins before the tour begins, pick up your mural map, and meet your tour guide: Actress/writer -Grainne Rafferty, or Mythologist, Anthony Murphy. Then, take a stroll throughout Drogheda and listen to the mythological stories behind the murals!

• ETÁIN, 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.

• FIONN MACCUMHAILL AND THE SALMON OF KNOWLEDGE by artist Ciarán Dunlevy, from Drogheda on the Fitzwilliam Court building in Dyer Street.

• BOANN, Goddess of the Boyne by Lula Goce (Spain), at Abbey Lane.

• DAGDA, the leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann has taken pride of place on Laurence Street and is by Muralist/Painter Russ, from France.

• 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.

• THE MORRIGAN on Patrick Street by This Is Friz, an artist currently based in Bangor, Co. Down depicts this is a Triple Goddess.

• THE CAILLEACH, by Vera Bugatti the divine sorceress and mother goddess associated with the creation of the landscape and ancient monuments.

• BALOR on the side of Scotch Hall, Marsh Road, the latest addition to the tour, by Spanish artist Moxaico. A leader of the Fomorians, a group of supernatural beings often depicted as antagonists in Irish myths Balor is known for his evil eye, which could cause death or destruction when opened and is known for the battle between the Fomorians and the Tuatha Dé Danann.

Cost: €10 per person/€20 for A family of 4. Limited Availability. Advance booking is essential.

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Beside 6 of the murals, you can download the Audio Trail - Credits: Stories by Anthony Murphy. Adapted by Gráinne Rafferty. Performed by Niall O'Brien and Gráinne Rafferty. Original soundscape by Niall Gregory. Sound Editor Sean McCluskey at Basement Sounds.

DRAWDA is a legacy programme, making use of shared public outdoor streets & walls, and engaging with a new and wider audience. Working with local collaborators, the local authority and key cultural providers, it has created a visual vibrancy and a cascade of colour in the town, reinvigorating derelict public places and streets. The project is inclusive, and has supported over 16 artists in its delivery to date.

Produced by Droichead Arts Centre in partnership with Love Drogheda BID. Funded by Louth County Council, Fáilte Ireland Urban Animation Fund, the Arts Council in the Open, Faoin Spéir Initiative, and Town & Village Accelerated Measures funding. Supported by the Marcy Hotel, Murtagh's of Drogheda, Colour Trend, and Drogheda Complete Hire.