placenamesArdcath
Ard Catha
Lewis recorded changes in textile work and cooperation over the old church’s bell in 1837.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ard Catha · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ardcath · English · main form
Place & story
Cotton weaving and two kinds of power
Linen weaving had formerly been substantial in Ardcath, but Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account records about two hundred looms then weaving cotton for manufacturers in Dublin and Drogheda. Two oatmeal mills used different sources of power: one wind and the other water. By contrast, the slate quarry in Cloghan townland had not been worked for several years. [2]
Preserving a bell together
The old church stood in ruins, but its belfry retained a bell maintained jointly at Protestant and Catholic expense. Lewis recorded its use at funerals and by Catholics to gather their congregation. This was a shared practical responsibility associated with the older church site. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Duleek Upper
- Coordinates
- 53.60721, -6.38168
- Mapped area
- 17.21 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1825 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ardcath. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ardcath — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-12-16. How this page was prepared.