and the headland is said to have been the landing-place
of St Patrick in journeying from Ireland to Iona ; P.O.

Ardpatrick, par. and vil., S. co. Limerick, 4 miles
SE. of Kilmallock sta., 624 ac., pop. 75; P.O.

Ardquin, par., E. co. Down, 2 miles N. of Porta-
ferry, on Lough Strangford, 3044 ac., pop. 554.

Ardrahan, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 16
miles SE. of Galway, 17,946 ac., pop. 2125; P.O., T.o.

Ardree, or Little Ardree, or Ardee, par., SW. co.
Kildare, near Athy, on river Burrow, 323 ac., pop. 173.

Ardress.—small vil., Killalaghton par., E. co. Gal¬
way, 6 miles SW. of Ballinasloe.—2. Ardress, seat, N.
co. Armagh, 3½ miles E. of Charlemont.

Ardrishaig, quoad sacra par. and small seaport,
Argyllshire, 2 miles SW. of Lochgilphead, on W. side
of Loch Gilp (an arm of Loch Fyne), at entrance of
Crinan Canal—quoad sacra par., pop. 1224; fishing is
extensively carried on ; P.O., T.O.

Ardristan, par., N. co. Carlow, 2 miles SW. of Tul-
low, on river Slaney, 1571 ac., pop. 297.

Ardross.—a ruined castle, on coast of Fifesh., in par.
and 1 mile NE. of Elie.—2. Ardross, hamlet and moun¬
tainous district, on NE. coast of Ross-shire; the
hamlet is in Rosskeen par., 5 miles N. of Alness ; P.O.
Formerly the dist. was the country of the Clan Ross; it
now contains the modern mansion of A. Castle.

Ardrossan, par., seaport, and watering-place, NW.
Ayrshire, 32 miles SW. of Glasgow by rail—par., 7341
ac., pop. 7777; town, pop. 4036; P.O., T.O._; 2 Banks,
2 newspapers. It has a good harb., and carries on fish¬
ing and a large export trade in coal and iron; ship¬
building is the principal industry; steamers ply to Ayr,
Glasgow, Arran, Belfast, Newry, and various foreign
ports. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.)

Ardrossan, New, quoad sacra par., adjacent to the
above, including the town and par. of A., together
with other portions, pop. 4128.

Ardruin, seat, in co. and 6 miles W. of Cork.

Ards, creek, peninsula, and seat, co. Donegal, on S.
side of Sheephaven Harb., 17 m. NW. of Letterkenny.

Ards, hamlet, Kilcommock par., in co. and 8 miles
S. of Longford, pop. 29.

Ards, Lower and Upper, 2 bars., co. Down, occu¬
pying the whole peninsula which extends between Lough
Strangford and the Irish Sea, 38,454 ac., pop. 21,598;
and 29,705 ac., pop. 10,980.

Ardsallagli, par., mid. co. Meath, 2 miles S. of
Navan, on the right bank of the Boyne, 1738 ac., pop.
197. Here is Ardsallagh Ho., the seat of Earl Russell.

Ardscalpsie Point, headland, in W. of island of
Bute, Firth of Clyde, 4½ miles NW. of Garroch Head.

Ardsheil, seat, N. Argyllshire, on S. shore of Loch
Linnhe, at mouth of Loch Leven; a remarkable cave here
was the retreat of one of the Stewarts of Appin after
the disaster of Culloden.

Ardskcagh, par., N. co. Cork, 3 miles S. by E. of
Charleville, 1928 ac., pop. 129.

Ardskull, ancient moat, S. co. Kildare, 31 miles NE.
of Athy; scene of a victory won over the English by
Edward Bruce, 1315.

Ardsley, township, seat, and ry. sta., Darfield par.,
S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 2¾ miles SE. of Barnsley,
1259 ac., pop. 3333.

Ardsley, East and West, 2 pars., with a ry. sta. in
the latter, S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 3½ and 5
miles NW. of Wakefield—1818 ac., pop. 2505; and 2327
ac., pop. 3471; P.O., t.o.

Ardsollus, vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 3 miles SE.
of Clare, on river A. The river is a small affluent of
the Fergus.

Ardstraw, par. and vil., co. Tyrone, on river Derg,
containing Newtown-Stewart, 51,699 ac., pop. 11,519;
P.O. The vil. is 3 miles NW. of Newtown-Stewart.

Ardtalnaig, hamlet, Kenmore par., Perthshire, on
SE. shore of Loch Tay, 9½ miles NE. of Killin ; P.O.

Ardtcalla, small headland and bay, Kildalton par.,
Argyllshire, on E. side of Islay.

Ardtoe, small bay with pier, Argyllshire, on N. side
of Ardnamurchan.

Ardtornisli Castle, ruined stronghold of the Lords
of the Isles, on prom, on Sound of Mull, Argyllshire.
It figures in Scott’s “Lord of the Isles.”

Ardtramont. See Artramont.