Gem 01 · SponsorAC
Ariosa Coffee@ariosa-coffee · Coffee roasters · Boyne Valley
Roasting from six. Tuesday mornings smell different around here.
211quest visits5journal features
Family-owned
Small-batch
The Drogheda business directory
Every shop, café and trade in Drogheda — start here.
A living directory of the businesses that make the town what it is. Browse by category, find who's open, read the stories behind the counter — and follow the events that put them on the map.
Meet the gems
Gem 01 · Sponsor
Gem 02TB
Tuites Butchers@tuites-butchers · Butchers · Saint Laurence Street
Three generations behind one counter. Ask about the twelve-hour brine.
128quest visits3journal features
Family-owned
Award-winning
100% traceable
Three Drogheda shops
Gem 03TC
The Coffee Box@the-coffee-box-drogheda · Café · Laurence Street
Six seats and one very good window.
74quest visits1journal features
Family-owned
Gem 05ER
Escape Rooms Drogheda@escape-rooms-drogheda · Escape rooms · Town Centre
Lock the door, start the clock, escape before time runs out.
Team building
Family fun
VR adventures
Meet the people
Featured
Read storyNuala Kerrigan
@nualamends · Tailor · West StreetThirty years of hems, zips and wedding-morning rescues.
AlterationsSewing night
In the journal
Read storyDeclan Moore
@coachdec · Youth coach · RathmullenSaturday mornings, forty kids and one very old whistle.
U12sVolunteer
In the journal
Read storyAoife Brennan
@aoifebakes · Baker · Laurence StUp at four so the street smells of bread by seven.
SourdoughMarket stall
Nominated
ProfilePádraig Walsh
@padraigplays · Musician · Shop StreetRuns the Thursday session and knows every tune in the room.
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Flagship event · 18–19 Sep 2026
The Gems of Drogheda Quest
A town-wide treasure hunt. Local businesses set the riddles, teams of three to six crack them across two days, and a completed quest card wins the prizes.
14teams in the current edition
15businesses setting riddles
€4,000in prizes to be won
What's on
For business owners
List your business as a gem.
A page of your own, a place in the categories people actually search, and first refusal on every event we run — starting with the Quest.
Your own gem pagePhotos, hours, story, directions — indexed and searchable.
Category placementSitting in the pages people search for by name.
Event first refusalPriority on the Quest and everything after it.
Promotion across DCNDirectory listing plus reach to the full membership.
From the blog
Quest · 6 min readThe fifteen businesses setting this year's riddlesMeet the gems whose counters your team will have to visit.
Stories · 8 min readHow a butcher's shop survives three generationsTuites on staying put while the street around them changed.
Guides · 4 min readA morning walk through the Drogheda coffee trailSix stops, one street, and where to start before nine.
Tuites ButchersThe Coffee BoxEscape Rooms DroghedaCurtis & DunneTribe RestaurantAriosa CoffeeBellew's PharmacyThe BookmarkBoyne BloomsSalt & StoneMcPhail HardwareNumber Nine BarbersTuites ButchersThe Coffee BoxEscape Rooms DroghedaCurtis & DunneTribe RestaurantAriosa CoffeeBellew's PharmacyThe BookmarkBoyne BloomsSalt & StoneMcPhail HardwareNumber Nine Barbers