Population centre

Ardmore

An tArd Mór

Ardmore near Derry preserves connections between the Faughan’s linen industry, two church sites and the Bleach Green cricket ground.

Recorded locationArdmore54.96231° N · 7.26617° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie

The name

mórgreat, big

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

An tArd Mór · Irish · main form · validated name
Ardmore · English · main form

Place & story

Linen beside the Faughan

The Faughan powered Ardmore's former flax mill, while the nearby bleach green served the finishing of linen. A 2019 report on proposed conservation work described a terrace of fourteen mill workers' cottages along Green Road. It connected the road's name with the bleaching ground. Those industrial remains explain a working landscape now encountered through homes, roads and recreation; the report records a proposal, rather than proof that the rebuilding was completed.^[2]

Two church sites across the road

The parish history places the old church of Saint Columba in what is now the old Ardmore graveyard. Opened in 1791, it served the wider Glendermott parish before its last Mass in 1930. The account records its later use to shelter wartime evacuees from the Waterside and demolition in 1946. Saint Mary's stands across the road on land provided by the Nicholson family of Beech Hill.^[3]

Cricket at the Bleach Green

Ardmore Cricket Club dates its foundation to 1879 and identifies the Bleach Green on Green Road as its home. Its history records the 1994 North West Senior Cup and the 2023 North West Senior League among its honours. The ground's name preserves the vocabulary of the linen district within a sporting institution that has served the area for generations.^[4]

Geographic information

Place type: Population centre
County: Derry
Barony: Tirkeeran
Civil parish: Clondermot
Within: Ardmore
Coordinates: 54.96231, -7.26617 (approximate)
Logainm ID: 1413305 ↗

Population over time

ARDMORE — Settlement 2015 (N11000236)

Settlement population, 2011–2021

444people · 2021

Both censuses use the same 2015 settlement boundary. These exact counts cover usual residents in the settlement, rather than local government districts or historic counties. Other NISRA tables may use approximate counts.

View population figures

ARDMORE — Settlement 2015 (N11000236) — census population
Census year	Population
2011	433
2021	444

Source: NISRA — Census 2021 CT0046 and exact Census 2011 Settlement 2015 populations · Supporting source 1. Open Government Licence v3.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Ardmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Derelict flax mill cottages to be renovated under plan, 28 February 2019 · Kevin Mullan, Northern Ireland World
History: old Ardmore church and St Mary’s · Ardmore Parish
About Ardmore Cricket Club · Ardmore Cricket Club

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-12-06. How this page was prepared.