2018年2月20日 · After spending brief stints in Rome and elsewhere in Ireland, his head arrived in Drogheda in 1929, where it has remained ever since. Cozy pubs, dreamy landscapes, and friendly locals in...

2021年7月1日 · In 1920, which the War of Independence raging, St. Oliver was beatified and his head transferred to the parish church in Drogheda with Eucharistic processions in celebration. Pope Paul VI visited the shrine on a number of occasions in order to venerate it, eventually lifting Oliver to sainthood during his pontificate, in 1975.

The head was brought to Rome, and from there to Armagh, and eventually to Drogheda where since 29 June 1921 it has rested in Saint Peter's Church. Most of the body was brought to Downside Abbey, England, where the major part is located …

Drogheda (/ ˈ d r ɒ h ə d ə, ˈ d r ɔː d ə / DRO-həd-ə, DRAW-də; Irish: Droichead Átha [ˈd̪ˠɾˠɛhəd̪ˠ ˈaːhə], meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, 43 km (27 mi) north of Dublin.

2024年12月27日 · Next up is one of the more unique things to do in Drogheda – the head of St. Oliver Plunkett. You’ll find it in St. Peter’s Church in the town… but how did it end up there?! Plunkett was accused of plotting a French invasion by the Privy Council of England. He was arrested in Dublin in December 1679 and imprisoned in Dublin Castle.

2018年8月13日 · For nearly four hundred years, St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church in Drogheda, Ireland, has kept one of the most peculiar and disturbing religious relics in the Western World on display. Enshrined in a glass case, with a golden crown, rests the severed head of the 17th century Saint Oliver Plunkett.

Two hundred and forty years after his death, his head was returned to Ireland, where it has rested in it’s reliquary in St. Peter’s Church in the city of Drogheda. Plunkett was canonized as a Catholic saint in 1975.

In a scandalous travesty of justice, he was convicted and sentenced to death. He was hanged at Tyburn in England on 1st July 1681. His head was rescued from the fire by some of his friends and eventually made its way to St Peter’s Church, Drogheda, where it is housed in a specially made shrine for veneration.

2019年4月6日 · BBC News NI dissects some of Ireland's best-preserved examples. The executed saint's head is on display in St Peter's Church in Drogheda, County Louth. Oliver Plunkett (1625 -1681) led the...

2021年7月1日 · On the first Sunday of July there is an annual celebration of Saint Oliver Plunkett. Drogheda is about 35 miles north of Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland. There is convenient and frequent rail service from Dublin (about one hour travel time). Address: West Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland.