placenamesArdmore
Aird Mhór
Beyond the coastal village, Ardmore’s nineteenth-century parish extended into upland grazing and a changing road network.
The name
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
- Aird Mhór · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ardmore · English · main form
Place & story
Between mountain and sea
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description treats Ardmore as a large parish of more than 28,000 acres. Mountain ground provided pasture for cattle, while the land towards the sea was more fertile and cultivated. This contrast places the village within a much wider farming landscape. It also explains why a parish account includes inland hills and country residences as well as the shore. [2]
Roads for agricultural produce
Lewis reported that a recently completed road from Dungarvan through Ring towards Youghal had improved the outlet for local farm produce. Another road across Slieve Grine, through Ballyharrahan and Killongford, was still being built when he wrote. His account captures transport improvement in progress, alongside five fee-paying schools educating roughly 240 children in the parish. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Waterford
- Barony
- Decies-within-Drum
- Coordinates
- 52.01310, -7.69094 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 97 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2367 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ardmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ardmore — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland,1837 · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.