Before bridges were built, a special type of boat called a Boyne curragh was developed.
The giant, prehistoric, armor-plated, pollution-sensitive, herbivorous stonefly in the genus Pteronarcys has been found at all four sites monitored on the Boyne. Brú na Bóinne was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in December 1993 in recognition of its outstanding universal value.
W illiam crossed the Boyne and the battle ended on higher ground on the river's southern side. The length of the River Shannon from the Shannon Pot to Limerick City is 258 kilometres (160 mi) with a basin area of 11,700 km2. The Boyne River sites typically score an A or a B, and ofter score an A+, which indicates high water quality. Traces of these accumulated layers of activity still survive on the landscape but it is the remains of the prehistoric period, in particular the magnificent tombs of the Neolithic or Late Stone Age, which impart a sense of this being a special place, where ritual and ceremony played a major role in the lives of local communities about 5,000 years ago.The construction of the passage tomb cemetery in Brú na Bóinne commenced some time around 3300 BC and by this time, the area had developed into an open farmed landscape with evidence for domestic houses and occupation scattered throughout.
The busy commercial port Tom Roe's Terminal is located about a mile downstream from Drogheda’s town quays. Meath, county in the province of Leinster, northeastern Ireland.