The Tholsel, Drogheda

The Tholsel (Irish: Halla an Bhaile)[2] is a municipal building in West Street, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland.

The first tholsel, or guildhall, in the town was located at the northwest end of Shop Street and dated back at least to the 14th century.

[8] The leader of the Society of United Irishmen in Ardee and South Louth, Micheal Boylan, who was betrayed by his co-conspirator, Dan Kelly, to the local magistrates was executed by hanging outside the tholsel on 22 June 1798 during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

[9] After the borough council moved its headquarters to the corn exchange in Fair Street in 1899,[10] the tholsel was converted into a branch of the Hibernian Bank to a design by William Henry Byrne in 1900.

[8] During the first half of the 20th century, the building suffered from dry rot and much of the ceiling and ornate plasterwork in the council chamber had to be dismantled.