Town

Ardee

Baile Átha Fhirdhia

Ardee is a town in Louth. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Watercolour and ink of Ardee Castle. — Illustration, Ardee Castle

Recorded locationArdee53.85303° N · 6.53870° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

áthford bailetownland, town, homestead

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

Baile Átha Fhirdhia · Irish · main form · validated name
Ardee · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Louth
Barony: Ardee
Civil parish: Ardee
Coordinates: 53.85303, -6.53870
Logainm ID: 33493 ↗

Population over time

Ardee — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

5,486people · 2022

Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.

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Ardee — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census year	Population
2016	4,928
2022	5,486

Source: CSO Census 2022 Profile 1 — Appendix Table 1: Census 2022 De Facto Population for the 2016 Towns · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Other census areas and years

These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.

Ardee, Louth — 2011 legal town and environs; 2016 census settlement

Published census settlement populations

4,928people · 2016

Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.

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Ardee, Louth — 2011 legal town and environs; 2016 census settlement — census population
Census year	Population
2011	4,927
2016	4,928

Source: CSO E2016 — Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016 · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Ardee, Co Louth — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

5,478people · 2022

Built Up Areas use a new land-use definition. Their population figures cannot be compared directly with Census 2016 settlement counts.

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Ardee, Co Louth — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census year	Population
2022	5,478

Source: CSO F1015 — Population, Census 2022 Built Up Areas. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Ardee. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Ardee Castle illustration: based on a reference by Audrius Janecka. AI watercolour/ink adaptation; clutter removed, margins added and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.