They are the most interesting ecclesiastical ruins in
Louth--Great beauty of the site of Mellifont--Terrible and
wanton destruction of its ruins--Its name not Irish--Was
generally known as "the Drogheda Monastery"--Size of the
building--Was founded in 1142--Renaissance of Irish
ecclesiastical architecture; it began when Danish plundering
ceased--Effects of the Anglo-French invasion--Dearvorgil,
wife of O'Ruarc, buried in Mellifont--Antiquity of
Monasterboice--Its glorious ancient crosses--Its round
tower--Became a ruin many centuries before Mellifont--Beauty
and historic interest of locality--Drogheda--The burgs of
the Boyne, New Grange and Dowth.