placenamesArdamine
Ard Maighean
Lewis recorded local support for education and a nineteenth-century tradition attached to a prominent mound.
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
- Ard Maighean · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ardamine · English · main form
Place & story
Schools supported locally
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described a Catholic chapel in Ardamine parish built by subscription, with a residence for the clergyman beside it. A boys’ school was under the clergyman’s supervision, while a girls’ school had Mrs. Richards as its patron. Lewis also recorded a Sunday school and about thirty children attending two private pay schools. [2]
The Moat of Ardamine
Near the Ardamine demesne stood a large mound known as the Moat of Ardamine. Lewis recorded a tradition that it marked the burial place of a Danish chief. His account preserves that interpretation as a local story, without naming the chief or giving a date for the supposed burial. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Ballaghkeen North
- Coordinates
- 52.62223, -6.25245
- Mapped area
- 16.89 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2515 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ardamine. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ardamine — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-02-20. How this page was prepared.