Donore

Donore Dun Uabhair
—  Town  —
Donore Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°41′31″N 6°24′59″W / 53.692°N 6.4165°W / 53.692; -6.4165Coordinates: 53°41′31″N 6°24′59″W / 53.692°N 6.4165°W / 53.692; -6.4165
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Meath
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference

Dalys of Donore

Donore is a small village in County Meath, Rep. of Ireland, near Drogheda. It is situated on the Meath–Louth border in the Boyne Valley on the route between Drogheda and the Bru na Boinne interpretive centre which is the point of access to Newgrange. The village has undergone expansion during the past number of years as a result of its location near the recent extension of the M1 motorway. During the late 17th Century, the village was used as a defensive position by the Jacobite army of King James II against King William III during the Battle of the Boyne 1690.

The village has a quite successful pub and restaurant, a large shop, a betting office, pharmacy, take-away and hairdressers.

Brú Na Bóinne

Donore is located 2 km from the visitors centre at Brú Na Bóinne. This centre is the only access to the ancient megalithic tombs at Newgrange, and the majority of visitors to Newgrange pass through the village of Donore coming from the M1 motorway. Visits to Newgrange are be guided tours only.

St Marys Gaelic Football Team

St Marys was formed back in 1969 by the amalgamation of the two clubs in the parish, Donore and Lougher. This amalgamation came about following a series of both formal and informal meetings and discussions which took place at both ends of the parish. Form these meetings there emerged the formula for the unification of the two clubs. Agreement was reached on issues such as club names, colours, committee structure, etc.

The new club would be called St Mary's which is the name of the parish. The club colours would be green, red and white, thereby incorporating the red of Lougher and the green of Donore. The white was included at the request of Monsignor Sean Kenny of Trim who was then parish priest of Donore and Rosnaree.

The committee of the new club was elected at a meeting in January 1969 and under the chairmanship of Donal Victory the task commenced of integrating and forming a harmonious unit of the members of the old Lougher and Donore clubs, both with a long and treasured history and tradition in Gaelic football.