Ardee
Ardee ( Irish : Baile Átha Fhirdhia ) is a town in County Louth in the northeast of the Republic of Ireland .
Originally called Atherdee , the name is derived from the Irish Áth Fhirdhia (“Ford of Fer Diad ”), which refers to a figure in Irish mythology.
Ardee is located on the banks of the River Dee (the northern limit of the English-controlled area in the Middle Ages), about 20 km from Drogheda and from Dundalk , about in the middle of County Louth, and had a population of 4917 people at the 2016 census .
Ardee Castle is a National Monument and the largest preserved towerhouse in Ireland. The castle was probably used to defend the city. Ardee was an outpost on the border between the Anglo-Norman south and the Gaelic north and the site of many major battles. James II used it as his headquarters before the Battle of the Boyne . In 1805 it was converted into a courthouse and prison. Today it serves as a district court building.
Since the mid-1990s, Ardee has grown significantly in line with Irish economic development. This is due in particular to the good transport links to three national roads: Ardee is on both the N2 from Dublin to Monaghan and the N52 from Dundalk via Mullingar to Nenagh to the N7; in addition, the N33 connects Ardee with Drogheda and the M1 / N1.
To the rail transport in Ireland Ardee is disconnected and the track bed permanently closed in 1976, 8 km long branch line to the main railway route Dublin-Belfast was partly a walkway made.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)
- ^ Ardee (Town) on citypopulation.de, accessed on October 10, 2017
Coordinates: 53 ° 52 ′ N , 6 ° 32 ′ W