Ardagh, County Mayo

Civil parish and townland in County Mayo, Ireland

This article is about the village in County Mayo. For other uses, see Ardagh.

Civil parish in Mayo, Ireland

Ardagh

Civil parish

Deel Castle is a fortified tower house beside the River Deel in the civil parish of Ardagh

Coordinates: 54°05′52″N 9°13′32″W﻿ / ﻿54.09778°N 9.22556°W﻿ / 54.09778; -9.22556
Country| Ireland
County| Mayo

Ardagh (Irish: Ardach)[1] is a civil parish and townland in County Mayo, located slightly to the southwest of Ballina.[2][3][4]

The parish takes its name from an ancient ecclesiastical site, which was either a church or a small monastery, and is derived from "Ard Achadh", which means high ground.[2] The earliest record of the first church in Ardagh is in an 1198 epistle issued by Pope Innocent 3rd.[5] The parish contains two castles: Deel Castle and Rappa Castle. There is also a community centre, a Gaelic football pitch, three national schools, and a pub.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "Ardach / Ardagh". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
2. ^ a b Crossmolina Historical & Archaeological Society. "The Deel Basin – an Historical Survey 1990". Retrieved 18 November 2021 - via mayo-ireland.ie.
3. ^ Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837 Archived 4 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ "ARDAGH MAYO IRELAND Geography Population Map cities coordinates location". Tageo.com. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
5. ^ "Antiquities", Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1942 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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