Ardmore, County Londonderry

For other places with the same name, see Ardmore (disambiguation).
Ardmore
Irish: An tArd Mór[1]
Irish transcription(s)
  Derivation: Ard Mór
  Meaning: "Great height"

Ardmore Roman Catholic Church in 2006
Ardmore

Ardmore shown within Northern Ireland

Coordinates: 54°57′22″N 7°16′44″W / 54.956°N 7.279°W / 54.956; -7.279Coordinates: 54°57′22″N 7°16′44″W / 54.956°N 7.279°W / 54.956; -7.279
Country Northern Ireland
County Londonderry
Barony Tirkeeran
Civil parish Clondermot
Settlements Ardmore
Area[2]
  Total 204.11 ha (504.38 acres)

Ardmore (from Irish: An tArd Mór, meaning "the great height")[1][3] is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 210. It is within Derry and Strabane district. Ardmore has a number of sports teams including cricket, football and gaelic football.

In the 19th century Ardmore had a bleach-green, the first established in this part of the country, where 25,000 pieces of linen were made yearly.

Sport

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References

  1. 1 2 Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. Northern Ireland Environment Agency. "NIEA Map Viewer". Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  3. Placenames NI Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
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