Ardpatrick
Ard Pádraig | |
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Village | |
 Road junction and pub in Ardpatrick village | |
  Ardpatrick Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°20′29″N 8°31′31″W / 52.3413°N 8.5252°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Limerick |
| Dáil Éireann | Limerick County |
| Eircode routing key | V35 |
| Dialling code | 063 |
Ardpatrick (Irish: Ard Pádraig, meaning 'Patrick's height')[1] is a small village in County Limerick, Ireland. It lies at the foot of the north slopes of the Ballyhoura Mountains, on the edge of the Golden Vale. As of the 2006 census, the electoral division of Ardpatrick which contains the village, had a population of 398.[2]
In an area which was anciently known as Tulach na Féinne (Hill of the Fianna),[3][4] the village comprises a small number of houses around a Roman Catholic parish church. At the south end of the village is a memorial garden and tourist information. Each summer there is a 3-day, "Festival na Fianna". The Greenwood, just to the south of the village, gives access to walking trails across the countryside.
- ^ "Ard Pádraig / Ardpatrick". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "CSO.ie - 2006 Census - Preliminary Report (Table 4 page 61)" (PDF). Central Statistics Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2009.
- ^ Hayes O'Grady, Standish. Acallam na Senórach, Colloquy of the Ancients. p. 20.
- ^ Westropp, T. J. (1922). "The "mound of the Fiana" at Cromwell Hill, Co. Limerick, and a note on Temair Luachra". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (36): 68–85. JSTOR 25504223.