placenamesArds Upper
An Aird Uachtarach
Lewis described women’s manufacturing work alongside cargoes shipped across the Irish Sea.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Aird Uachtarach · Irish · main form
- Ards Upper · English · main form
Place & story
Bonnets inland, produce overseas
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described straw hats and bonnets made in Kircubbin and sent in large numbers into the interior. The work employed women from the town and adjoining parishes. Kelp was burned for shipment to Liverpool, while grain and potatoes went to Liverpool and Glasgow. These activities linked the Upper Ards town with both inland customers and overseas markets, rather than representing a single factory or one kind of coastal trade. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ards Upper. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kircubbin: 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.