Lordship (Irish: An Tiarnas)[1] is a rural area and census town in County Louth, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of Ballymascanlan.
The local Roman Catholic church, the Church of St Mary, was built c. 1860 and is in the parish of Lordship & Ballymascanlon of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh.[2][3] The church, which is in Piedmont townland,[2] is included in the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Louth County Council.[4] Other protected structures in Piedmont townland include a disused 19th century railway bridge on the former Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway line,[4] and Piedmont House - a ruined late 17th century house associated with the Townley family of Townley Hall.[5][6]
The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is St Patrick's.[7] Founded in 1953, the club has won the Louth Senior Football Championship on several occasions.[8]
Lordship was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census,[9] at which time it had a population of 486 people.[10][11]
- ^ "An Tiarnas / Lordship". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Piedmont, Louth". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Parish Details - Lordship (Lordship & Ballymascanlon)". armagharchdiocese.org. Archdiocese of Armagh. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ a b Louth County Development Plan 2015–2021 - Volume 2C - Appendix 18 - Record of Protected Structures (PDF) (Report). Louth County Council. pp. 19–20. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ T., H. G. (1924). "Two Residences of the Townley Family in Co. Louth". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. 5 (4): 267–269. JSTOR 27728196.
In Piedmont, a little inland from the village of Lordship, stands a long two storied slated house [..] known as Piedmont House, a former residence of the Townleys [..] of Townley Hall
- ^ Johnson, Don (2019). "Piedmont". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society. 29 (3): 369–371. JSTOR 48636768.
- ^ "County champs St. Patricks serving fast growing area with new community centre". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 7 November 2003. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "St Patricks Lordship GFC". clubinfo.ie. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Lordship
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Lordship". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Lordship (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
Lordship (Rampark) [..] 486