BROWSE
townland
Na hArda
genitive: na nArd
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Ards
(English)

Glossary

English height; high

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the heights
    Tá droim íseal anseo cois na canálach

  • English

    the heights
    There is a low ridge here on the banks of the canal

Centrepoint

53.6469, -7.84654latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1612
Arde
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1617
Ardes
CPR Leathanach: 500b
1620
Ardes
CPR Leathanach: 537a
1620
Ardes
CPR Leathanach: 450a
1629
Nahard
Cotton Map
1636
le Ardes
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 17 Car.1
1813
Ards
Edgeworth
1836
Ards
BS:AL Imleabhar: C118, Leathanach: 2
1836
Ards
Rev. G. Britton:AL
1836
Ards
Edgeworth Map:AL
1836
Ards
J Robison T.?P.:AL
1836
Ards
Inq. C I:AL
1836
Na hArda, 'the heights'
OD:AL
1908
na h-árda 'high grounds'
MacGivney Leathanach: 17
2008
ardz
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