Starting at the impressive St Peter’s Church in the medieval town of Drogheda, the Boyne Valley Camino is a journey through history. The route begins on a mixture of riverside and woodland paths at Belnumber and Townley Hall before leading along quiet country roads, canal paths and green fields on its way from Drogheda to Old Mellifont Abbey and back.

The walk follows alongside the legendary Boyne River, site of the Battle of the Boyne (fought in 1690 between Protestants and Catholics) and home to the mythical goddess Boann who, according to legend, created the river. Meanwhile, Mellifont Abbey was the first Cistercian monastery in Ireland and was built in 1142. It is here on the banks of the river Boyne that Amergin and Colphta first landed from Galicia. These descendants of Breogán were known as Milesians and are the ancestors of Ireland’s Celtic population.