St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church i

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church is located on West Street, Drogheda, Ireland. Designed by J. O'Neill and W.H. Byrne and constructed inside the French Gothic fashion of nearby limestone ashlars in 1884. The church is well-known for its tall west gable, rose window and for holding the countrywide shrine of St. Oliver Plunkett. During the time of the Penal Laws, Catholic chapels had been barred within a metropolis's partitions. Therefore, Drogheda's Catholic chapel turned into outside the Westgate and turned into insufficient for the wishes of the population. A plot of land on a appropriate web site in West Street Drogheda's important road was persistently refused by way of the agency.

Eventually, thru the influence of a Mr. Chester, who turned into a wealthy Catholic, a hire become subsequently secured. A ceremony was held for all to witness Richard O'Reilly, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all-Ireland laying the foundation stone. Although the event turned into marred with the aid of an unseemly interruption, whilst the Mayor and Drogheda Corporation arrived at the rite wearing their respectable regalia, with the Mace and Sword of country being borne before them, to confront the Archbishop. They warned him that a 'Popish Chapel' might not be tolerated within the town partitions.