Ardglass

Ardglass ( Irish: Ard Ghlais, "green height" ) is a town on the north east coast of Ireland in County Down in Northern Ireland.

The place

Ardglass is a coastal village and fishing port on the Lecale peninsula on the Irish Sea, 9 km ( 5 ½ miles) south east of Downpatrick on the A2 (major road) situated.

At the Census 2001 population was determined for Ardglass from 1668 people (by which the place officially regarded as village). Of these, 87.9 % were Roman Catholic, while 10.2 % had a Protestant background. Administratively part of the District Ardglass Down.

In addition to his more than 2,000 -year-old importance as tidal independent fishing port with today two piers and a marina Ardglass is also residence for a large number of commuters to Downpatrick and Belfast. The generated over the fish trade turnover reach up to 5 million pounds annually.

On the rail Ardglass was connected 1892-1950.

History

At the time when Ardglass in the 15th century the busiest berth (English port) in Ulster figured remember still four medieval tower houses, including the meaningful Jordan 's Castle.

For obtaining of the street scene in the early 19th century a legitimate area ( conservation area ) was established in 1996 in the eight contains archaeologically relevant land, together with two other nearby.

About 8.4 km south-west, the church is located on St. John 's Point.