placenamesArds Lower
An Aird Íochtarach
Donaghadee’s nineteenth-century employment included embroidery as well as harbour trades.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- An Aird Íochtarach · Irish · main form
- Ards Lower · English · main form
Place & story
An industry worked by women
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Donaghadee account records muslin embroidery chiefly for Glasgow manufacturers. He dated its introduction locally to 1805 and put annual wages for the work at more than £20,000. His description identifies women from poorer households as its principal workers. This was an employment connection across the Irish Sea distinct from the packet service to Portpatrick; the wage total does not establish an individual worker’s earnings or the number employed. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ards Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Donaghadee: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-08. How this page was prepared.