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'''Ardfert''' ({{Irish place name|Ard Fhearta|the hill of miracles}}) is a village |
'''Ardfert''' ({{Irish place name|Ard Fhearta|the hill of miracles}}) is a village and [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] in [[County Kerry]], Ireland. Historically a religious centre, the economy of the locality is driven by agriculture and its position as a dormitory town, being only {{convert|8|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from [[Tralee]]. The population of the village was 749 at the 2016 census.<ref name=cso2016>{{cite web | url = https://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=120C6FAE-CB3D-48A8-8216-9C8055F3F33E | title = Sapmap Area: Settlements Ardfert | work = Census 2016 | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]] | access-date = 29 November 2021}}</ref> |
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==Origin== |
==Origin== |
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The village's name signifies, according to Sir [[James Ware (historian)|James Ware]], "a wonderful place on an eminence", or as some interpret it, ''"the hill of miracles."'' Ardfert has also been considered a corruption of Ard Ert, ''"the high place of Ert or Erc"'', so called after the |
The village's name signifies, according to Sir [[James Ware (historian)|James Ware]], "a wonderful place on an eminence", or as some interpret it, ''"the hill of miracles."'' Ardfert has also been considered a corruption of Ard Ert, ''"the high place of Ert or Erc"'', so called after the fifth century Irish Bishop [[Saint Erc]], who made the place a bishop's seat. Ardfert was written by the Four Masters as ''Ard-ferta'', the height of the grave.<ref>{{Cite book|title=THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF IRISH NAMES OF PLACES|url=https://archive.org/details/originhistoryofi02joycuoft|last=Joyce|first=P.W. (Patrick Weston)|publisher=London Longmans, Green|year=1910|pages=[https://archive.org/details/originhistoryofi02joycuoft/page/149 149]}}</ref> |
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[[File:Ardfert cathedral.jpg|thumb|left|Ardfert Cathedral]] |
[[File:Ardfert cathedral.jpg|thumb|left|Ardfert Cathedral]] |
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Ardfert is the home of St. Brendan's [[Ardfert Cathedral]], which was destroyed in the |
Ardfert is the home of St. Brendan's [[Ardfert Cathedral]], which was destroyed in the [[Irish Rebellion of 1641]], and the birthplace of [[St. Brendan the Navigator]], who was educated about the year 500 AD. He founded a [[monastery]] there in the sixth century, but both town and monastery were destroyed by fire in 1089, and again in 1151. |
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The [[Normans|Norman]] influence can still be seen not only in the [[architecture]], but also in local |
The [[Normans|Norman]] influence can still be seen not only in the [[architecture]], but also in local family surnames such as the Cantillons (Barons de [[Ballyheigue]]), and Fitzmaurices,{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} and in place names, such as Ballintobeenig, a nearby townland below Mt. Crusline called after St. Aubin.<ref>The Chevalier St. Aubin was a Knight Commander of the [[Knights Hospitaller|Knights of Malta]], who ran against the naval blockade imposed by the [[Ottoman Turks]] during the [[Great Siege of Malta]] in 1565. See ''Malta 1565 - Last Battle of the Crusades'', by Tim Pickles, published by Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK, 1998 {{ISBN|978-1-85532-603-3}}, page 33</ref> [[Thomas FitzMaurice, 1st Baron Kerry]] founded a [[Franciscan]] friary there in 1253, and Nicholas, the 2nd Lord Kerry, built a [[leper]] house there in 1312. It was the seat of a [[Diocese|bishopric]] until 1660. |
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The [[Crusade]]r [[Knights Hospitaller]] of the Order of Saint John of [[Jerusalem]] (later known as Knights of Malta), also had some rights in Ardfert, although there is a record of a dispute between them and the Franciscans in 1325 about the market cross and [[pillory]]. They had already been established in the area in c. 1200 when [[Meiler FitzHenry]], grandson of King [[Henry I of England]], and Justiciar of Ireland under King John, established a preceptory at Rattoo under a Fra' William from Dublin.<ref>See pages 52 and 253, 254 and 256 of ''Discovering Kerry - its History, Heritage and Topography'', by T. J. Barrington, published by The Blackwater Press, Dublin, 1976. ({{ISBN|0-905471-00-8}})</ref> Under the terms of a royal grant in [[letters patent]] of [[James I of England]] on 6 July 1612, the [[Lord of Kerry]] (FitzMaurice) could hold courts [[baron]] and leet. |
The [[Crusade]]r [[Knights Hospitaller]] of the Order of Saint John of [[Jerusalem]] (later known as Knights of Malta), also had some rights in Ardfert, although there is a record of a dispute between them and the Franciscans in 1325 about the market cross and [[pillory]]. They had already been established in the area in c. 1200 when [[Meiler FitzHenry]], grandson of King [[Henry I of England]], and Justiciar of Ireland under King John, established a preceptory at Rattoo under a Fra' William from Dublin.<ref>See pages 52 and 253, 254 and 256 of ''Discovering Kerry - its History, Heritage and Topography'', by T. J. Barrington, published by The Blackwater Press, Dublin, 1976. ({{ISBN|0-905471-00-8}})</ref> Under the terms of a royal grant in [[letters patent]] of [[James I of England]] on 6 July 1612, the [[Lord of Kerry]] (FitzMaurice) could hold courts [[baron]] and leet. |
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The [[Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland]], recount how in 1601, Prince [[Hugh Roe O'Donnell]], on his way to the [[Battle of Kinsale]], sent some of his kinsmen troops there to reconquer Ardfert, [[Lixnaw]], and Ballykeally for his ally FitzMaurice. En route |
The [[Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland]], recount how in 1601, Prince [[Hugh Roe O'Donnell]], on his way to the [[Battle of Kinsale]], sent some of his kinsmen troops there to reconquer Ardfert, [[Lixnaw]], and Ballykeally for his ally FitzMaurice. En route, he visited and venerated a relic of the [[True Cross]] ([[Holyrood (cross)|Holy rood]]) on the Feast of St. Andrew, on 30 November 1601, at [[Holy Cross Abbey]], near [[Thurles]], [[County Tipperary]], which was a rallying point for the defence of religious freedom and for Irish sovereignty. From there he sent an expedition to Ardfert, to win a quick victory and recover the territory of his ally, Fitzmaurice, Lord of Kerry, who had lost it and his 9-year-old son, to Sir Charles Wilmot. The expedition captured Caislean Gearr (Short Castle, of which no trace remains), adjacent to the Cathedral in Ardfert. An [[O'Donnell]] from [[Tyrconnell]] remained behind in stewardship to hold it, according to "''The Life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell''"written by [[Lughaidh O'Cléirigh]], circa 1603 in Gaelic.<ref>The following is an extract from ''The Life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell (Beatha Aodh Rua O Domhnaill)'' by Lughaidh O'Cleirigh (original Gaelic manuscript in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin), translated with notes by Rev. Denis Murphy, S.J., M.R.I.A., and published by Sealy, Bryers, & Walker, Dublin, 1893 (pages 304-307): ''Ro tharmnaidheadh do mhuintir uí Dhomhnaill an turus do deachattor ar ro creachadh agus ro leirscriosadh sochaidhe leó do earccairdibh mic Muiris do neoch robtar fotha dia tocharsomh for longus agus ionnarbadh co húa nDomhnaill, agus ro gabhadh leó tri caisteoil do daghdúinibh an tíre, i. Leachsnamha, Caislén Gerr Arda Fearta, agus Baile Uí Chadhla, agus fosragaibhseat drong dia muintir occa niomchoimhéd.'' (pages 304, 306)</ref> |
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[[File:JOD-tomb.jpg|thumb|Tomb of John O'Donnell in the grounds of Ardfert Cathedral]] |
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A large tomb in the grounds of the cathedral was built much later by John O'Donnell (1803–1879), the most prominent descendant two centuries later, and whose own direct male descendant was the late [[Patrick Denis O'Donnell]] (1922–2005), |
A large tomb in the grounds of the cathedral was built much later by John O'Donnell (1803–1879), the most prominent descendant two centuries later, and whose own direct male descendant was the late [[Patrick Denis O'Donnell]] (1922–2005), the Irish military historian. He owned the summit overlooking Ardfert (Mt. Crusline, Ballintobeenig, from where his ancestral [[O'Donnell of Tyrconnell]], under authority of Prince [[Hugh Roe O'Donnell]] would have launched the battle to regain Ardfert for Lord Kerry in 1601). The family seat of John O'Donnell, at Tubrid mentioned by [[Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Samuel Lewis]] in his 1837 ''Topographical Dictionary of Ireland'', passed through a female line to the O'Carrolls. The house expanded by John O'Donnell in Tubridmore was listed as an intended "protected structure" in the archaeological monuments section of the draft Kerry County Development Plan 2015–2021.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://atomik.kerrycoco.ie/ebooks/devplan/pdfs/protected/021-003.pdf | website = kerrycoco.ie | title = Kerry Development Plan - Protected Structures | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140606204319/http://atomik.kerrycoco.ie/ebooks/devplan/pdfs/protected/021-003.pdf | archive-date = 6 June 2014 }}</ref> |
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In the early 19th century, the [[Earl of Listowel]] (Hare) was [[Lord of the Manor]] and held court every three weeks in Ardfert, through an appointed [[Seneschal]], having bought those rights from the Earl of Kerry, Fitzmaurice. |
In the early 19th century, the [[Earl of Listowel]] (Hare) was [[Lord of the Manor]] and held court every three weeks in Ardfert, through an appointed [[Seneschal]], having bought those rights from the Earl of Kerry, Fitzmaurice. |
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[[File:Ardfert Friary SW 2012 09 11.jpg|thumb|Ardfert Friary]] |
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The area's archaeological heritage includes the medieval cathedral, St. Brendan's, and associated churches, Temple na Hoe (Church of the young Virgin) and Temple na Griffin. Several have these have become [[heritage tourism]] attractions in the Kerry area due to their central location.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} The 13th century Franciscan Friary, to the north east of the village, was once an integral part of Ardfert Abbey - not an abbey at all but the name of the Talbot-Crosbie mansion destroyed by fire in 1922 by the IRA. |
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Five other structures included on the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) are located in Ardfert; St |
Five other structures included on the [[Record of Protected Structures]] (RPS) are located in Ardfert; St Brendan's Catholic Church (consecrated in 1855), the Old Gates of the Earl of [[Glandore]]'s Demesne, the Talbot-Crosbie Memorial, the Ardfert Parish Room (now a site registered as derelict by Kerry County Council) and Brandon House. There are also many other structures within the village which are not included in the RPS, but are considered to be of considerable architectural and heritage value, such as the Ardfert Retreat Center.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} Also nearby are the surviving [[Estate (house)|estate]] walls which contribute to the character and identity of the village.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} |
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==Geography and development== |
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From the 17th century (possibly 1639) until 1800 the area was a [[borough constituency]]. The borough [[corporation]] (its local |
From the 17th century (possibly 1639) until 1800 the area was a [[borough constituency]]. The borough [[corporation]] (its local council) elected two members of the [[Irish House of Commons]]. The borough was disenfranchised by the [[Act of Union 1800]], and from 1801 the area was represented as part of the [[county constituency]] of Kerry. Ardfert lost [[borough]] status under section 13 of the [[Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840]]. It was one of fifty-eight borough corporations dissolved on 25 October 1840. At this time, about a half-mile east of the cathedral, Ardfert Abbey was the home of the Crosbies, [[Baron Brandon]], and contained the ruins of [[Ardfert Abbey|the old Franciscan Abbey]]. They also maintained a well-stocked deer-park and gardens.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} |
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In the 20 years between the 1996 and [[2016 census of Ireland]], the population of Ardfert village increased from 648 to 749 inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/kerry/0027__ardfert/| website = citypopulation.de | title = Ardfert (Ireland) Census Town | access-date = 19 April 2022 }}</ref> |
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⚫ | It is located within an agricultural area, surrounded by flat and low-lying land.<ref name="draftPlan2012">{{cite web|url = http://www.ardfertcommunitycentre.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ardfert-Village-Design-Plan-27.07.2012.pdf| website = ardfertcommunitycentre.ie | publisher = North and East Kerry Development | title = Ardfert Village Design Plan – First Draft July 2012 | date = 2012 | access-date = 20 April 2022 }}</ref> The main Tralee-[[Ballyheigue]] road bisects the village in an east–west axis, with road width restrictions on the western side of the village. To the north of the village, the Tyshe River traverses the village road network.<ref name="draftPlan2012"/> The village settlement pattern is radial and dispersed and consists of a mixture of single site depth development along radial roads interspersed with [[housing estate]]s. Within the core of the village there is a mix of dwelling types of various traditional designs. More modern design predominates in the [[one-off housing]] on the radial routes. The development of a central [[retail]] and social node has been constrained to some extent by need to protect historic buildings and [[monuments]] within the village.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} |
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The village is experiencing significant residential growth, and while there is already a significant level of service provision within the village, including a new modern medical centre, further parallel growth in retail, employment, civic and other services and facilities will be necessary if the independent character of the village is to be maintained. In particular growth in local employment opportunities will promote the sense of local community and identity, and balance the tendency towards its development as a [[dormitory town]] for [[Tralee]]. |
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⚫ | The village provides a number of [[goods and services]] to the local area and surrounding agricultural hinterland.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} Other developments have increased its role as a [[dormitory suburb]] for [[Tralee]]. The village also acts as a convenience stop for tourist and local through traffic.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} The village is served by social and [[retail]] services, including a [[Garda Síochána|Garda]] station, ''[[An Post]]'' [[post office]], health centre, garage, petrol station and a number of retail outlets and [[public house]]s. In addition there is a [[Roman Catholic]] Church, a school and a [[community centre]] with gym and launderette. [[Planning permission]] for residential development has recently{{when|date=April 2022}} been permitted on the existing [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] (GAA) grounds, with replacement facilities planned elsewhere on the periphery of the village.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} |
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Ardfert has developed around a crossroads of local roads and the [[Tralee]]-[[Ballyheigue]] regional road. There is therefore, a considerable level of through traffic, and its infrastructure needs to be better planned and developed. This situation is compounded by the quarry to the north east of the village which generates significant HGV traffic movements through the village. During the summer months the situation is exacerbated by through traffic to coastal locations. The [[Tralee]]-[[Ballyheigue]] Road at the northern end of the village is too narrow to allow traffic to flow freely and the consequent bottleneck delays traffic into and out of the village. The building line of existing development does not allow for the widening of the road. In order to reduce traffic congestion, through traffic must be diverted around the village. Existing footpaths are segmented and piecemeal and pavements are not provided throughout the entire plan area. The majority of the plan lands are within 800 metres or ten minutes walk of the village centre. There is therefore excellent potential to encourage pedestrian and cyclist activity. |
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Ardfert is located on the [[R551 road (Ireland)|R551 regional road]] from [[Tralee]] to [[Ballyheigue]]. The village centre is located at a crossroads between the R551 and several local roads. The traffic is increased by the quarry to the north east of the village which generates HGV traffic movements through the village.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} During the summer months, the situation is exacerbated by tourist traffic to coastal locations.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} The [[Tralee]]-[[Ballyheigue]] road at the northern end of the village sees bottleneck delays in traffic into and out of the village.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} |
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⚫ | [[Ardfert railway station]], on the line from [[Limerick]] to Tralee via [[Newcastle West]], opened on 20 December 1880. The station closed to passengers on 4 February 1963, and to freight on 2 June 1978.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ardfert station |url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf |format=PDF |work=Railscot - Irish Railways |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926042407/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf |archive-date= 26 September 2007 |access-date=8 September 2007}}</ref> The track was lifted in 1988. |
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The population of Ardfert village was recorded as 596 persons in 2002 (Central Statistics Office), an increase of 3.8% on the previous recorded figure. Projected growth based on this intercensal percentage increase would result in a population increase of 64 persons over the next five years. It is, however, likely due to a number of factors that demand will be significantly higher over the next few years. |
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==Sport== |
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Ardfert also has the distinction of winning the [[All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship]] in [[Croke Park]] on 19 February 2006 beating [[Loughrea]] of [[Galway GAA|Galway]] 1-07 (10pts) to 0-09. On winning the county Junior final 2005 Ardfert was promoted to the intermediate championship. Success followed later that year as they defeated Annascaul in the [[Kerry Intermediate Football Championship]] final. The team's accomplishments were further cemented when they won the 2007 [[All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship]], defeating [[Derry GAA|Derry]] and [[Ulster Senior Club Football Championship|Ulster Champions]] [[CLG Eoghan Rua|Eoghan Rua]] by a scoreline of 1-04 (7pts) to 0-05 on 10 March 2007 again in Croke Park. |
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[[Ardfert GAA]], the local [[Gaelic football]] club, won the [[All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship]] in [[Croke Park]] on 19 February 2006 beating [[Loughrea]] of [[Galway GAA|Galway]]. The club's accomplishments also include winning the 2007 [[All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship]], defeating [[Derry GAA|Derry]] and [[Ulster Senior Club Football Championship|Ulster Champions]] [[CLG Eoghan Rua|Eoghan Rua]], on 10 March 2007 again in Croke Park.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ardfert crown amazing glory run with All-Ireland club title |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/ardfert-crown-amazing-glory-run-with-all-ireland-club-title/26270058.html |access-date=31 May 2024 |publisher=Irish Independent |date=11 March 2007}}</ref> |
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The traditional game played in Ardfert is hurling. The local hurling club is [[St Brendan's Hurling Club|St Brendan's, Ardfert]]. They have won the [[Kerry Senior Hurling Championship]] on 8 occasions, most recently in 2013. |
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The local [[hurling]] club is [[St Brendan's Hurling Club|St Brendan's, Ardfert]]. They have won the [[Kerry Senior Hurling Championship]] on 8 occasions, most recently in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Murt |title=Famine over for Brendan’s |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20247677.html |access-date=31 May 2024 |publisher=Irish Examiner |date=28 October 2013}}</ref> |
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A short lived [[Greyhound racing in Ireland|greyhound racing]] track was opened in the village on 21 August 1929. The venture run by the Kingdom Greyhound Racing Club and only lasted until Wednesday 25 September 1929. The last race was the Ardfert Stake which was won by Captain Off, the even money favourite. The main reason for the closure was the fact that a larger track called [[Kingdom Greyhound Stadium|Oakview Park]] (to the south in Oakview Village) was due to open.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barnes|first=Julia|title=Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 409|year=1988|publisher=Ringpress Books|isbn=0-948955-15-5}}</ref> |
A short lived [[Greyhound racing in Ireland|greyhound racing]] track was opened in the village on 21 August 1929. The venture run by the Kingdom Greyhound Racing Club and only lasted until Wednesday 25 September 1929. The last race was the Ardfert Stake which was won by Captain Off, the even money favourite. The main reason for the closure was the fact that a larger track called [[Kingdom Greyhound Stadium|Oakview Park]] (to the south in Oakview Village) was due to open.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barnes|first=Julia|title=Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 409|year=1988|publisher=Ringpress Books|isbn=0-948955-15-5}}</ref> |
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⚫ | The eventing horse "Village Gossip", ridden between 1976 and 1985 by British team rider Lucinda Green (née Prior Palmer), was born and bred in Ardfert. He completed Badminton Horse Trials on several occasions, placing second in 1978 and was the fastest competitor at the World Three Day Event in Lexington, Kentucky, the same year.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} |
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==Common surnames== |
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According to Irish census of 1901 and 1911, common names in the area at the time included: Dowling, Sullivan, Fitzgerald, Fitzmaurice, Griffin, Connor, Kirby, O'Connor, Evans, O'Connell, O'Driscoll, O'Sullivan, Slattery, Stack, Carmody, Carroll, Gallagher, Mulrennan, McElligott, Lawlor, Murphy, Nunan, Rahilly, Shea, Brick, Cavan, Clifford, Crosbie, Hannafin, Higgins,Hennessey, Maguire, O'Shea, Reidy, Riordan, Sheehan, and Sugrue.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of abbeys and priories in Ireland#County Kerry|List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Kerry)]] |
* [[List of abbeys and priories in Ireland#County Kerry|List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Kerry)]] |
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* [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]] |
* [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]] |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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Ardfert in Times Past |
* ''Ardfert in Times Past'', Tommy O'Connor, 1999, {{ISBN|0951573616}} |
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⚫ | *''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) by the Four Masters'', from the earliest period to the year 1616, compiled during the period 1632-1636 by Brother Michael O'Clery, translated and edited by John O'Donovan in 1856, and re-published in 1998 by De Burca, Dublin (Volume VI, page 2279). |
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⚫ | *''The Life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell (Beatha Aodh Ruadh O Domhnaill)'' by Lughaidh O'Cleirigh. translated with notes by Rev. Denis Murphy, S.J., M.R.I.A., and published by Sealy, Bryers, & Walker, Dublin, 1893 (pages 305–307); also later edition edited by Paul Walsh and Colm Ó Lochlainn. Irish Texts Society, vol. 42. Dublin: Educational Company of Ireland, 1948 (original Gaelic manuscript in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin). |
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⚫ | *''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) by the Four Masters'', from the earliest period to the year 1616, compiled during the period 1632-1636 by Brother Michael |
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⚫ | *''The Life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell (Beatha Aodh Ruadh O Domhnaill)'' by Lughaidh O'Cleirigh. translated with notes by Rev. Denis Murphy, S.J., M.R.I.A., and published by Sealy, Bryers, & Walker, Dublin, 1893 (pages |
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*''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland'' (Two Volumes), by Samuel Lewis, London, 1837 (see entry on ''Ardfert'' in Volume I, pages 47–50) |
*''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland'' (Two Volumes), by Samuel Lewis, London, 1837 (see entry on ''Ardfert'' in Volume I, pages 47–50) |
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*''Discovering Kerry; its History, Heritage and Topography'', by T.J. Barrington, Blackwater Press, Dublin, 1976 (pages |
*''Discovering Kerry; its History, Heritage and Topography'', by T.J. Barrington, Blackwater Press, Dublin, 1976 (pages 252–255). |
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*''Vanishing Kingdoms - The Irish Chiefs and Their Families'', by Walter J. P. Curley (former US Ambassador to Ireland), with foreword by [[Charles Lysaght]], published by The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 2004 [{{ISBN|1-84351-055-3}} & {{ISBN|1-84351-056-1}}]. (Chapter on O'Donnell of Tyrconnell, page 59). |
*''Vanishing Kingdoms - The Irish Chiefs and Their Families'', by Walter J. P. Curley (former US Ambassador to Ireland), with foreword by [[Charles Lysaght]], published by The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 2004 [{{ISBN|1-84351-055-3}} & {{ISBN|1-84351-056-1}}]. (Chapter on O'Donnell of Tyrconnell, page 59). |
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Ardfert
Ard Fhearta | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 52°21′00″N 9°41′00″W / 52.35°N 9.6833°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Kerry |
Elevation | 78 m (256 ft) |
Population | 771 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Irish Grid Reference | Q782211 |
Ardfert (Irish: Ard Fhearta, meaning 'the hill of miracles') is a village and civil parish in County Kerry, Ireland. Historically a religious centre, the economy of the locality is driven by agriculture and its position as a dormitory town, being only 8 km (5 mi) from Tralee. The population of the village was 749 at the 2016 census.[2]
Origin
[edit]The village's name signifies, according to Sir James Ware, "a wonderful place on an eminence", or as some interpret it, "the hill of miracles." Ardfert has also been considered a corruption of Ard Ert, "the high place of Ert or Erc", so called after the fifth century Irish Bishop Saint Erc, who made the place a bishop's seat. Ardfert was written by the Four Masters as Ard-ferta, the height of the grave.[3]
History
[edit]Ardfert is a parish in the Barony of Clanmaurice, County Kerry, Ireland, anciently in the territory of Ui Fearba/Hy Ferba, of which the O'Laeghain (O'Leyne, Leen or Lane) were once the Gaelic Lords, until Norman invasion of Ireland.
Ardfert is the home of St. Brendan's Ardfert Cathedral, which was destroyed in the Irish Rebellion of 1641, and the birthplace of St. Brendan the Navigator, who was educated about the year 500 AD. He founded a monastery there in the sixth century, but both town and monastery were destroyed by fire in 1089, and again in 1151.
The Norman influence can still be seen not only in the architecture, but also in local family surnames such as the Cantillons (Barons de Ballyheigue), and Fitzmaurices,[citation needed] and in place names, such as Ballintobeenig, a nearby townland below Mt. Crusline called after St. Aubin.[4] Thomas FitzMaurice, 1st Baron Kerry founded a Franciscan friary there in 1253, and Nicholas, the 2nd Lord Kerry, built a leper house there in 1312. It was the seat of a bishopric until 1660.
The Crusader Knights Hospitaller of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (later known as Knights of Malta), also had some rights in Ardfert, although there is a record of a dispute between them and the Franciscans in 1325 about the market cross and pillory. They had already been established in the area in c. 1200 when Meiler FitzHenry, grandson of King Henry I of England, and Justiciar of Ireland under King John, established a preceptory at Rattoo under a Fra' William from Dublin.[5] Under the terms of a royal grant in letters patent of James I of England on 6 July 1612, the Lord of Kerry (FitzMaurice) could hold courts baron and leet.
The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, recount how in 1601, Prince Hugh Roe O'Donnell, on his way to the Battle of Kinsale, sent some of his kinsmen troops there to reconquer Ardfert, Lixnaw, and Ballykeally for his ally FitzMaurice. En route, he visited and venerated a relic of the True Cross (Holy rood) on the Feast of St. Andrew, on 30 November 1601, at Holy Cross Abbey, near Thurles, County Tipperary, which was a rallying point for the defence of religious freedom and for Irish sovereignty. From there he sent an expedition to Ardfert, to win a quick victory and recover the territory of his ally, Fitzmaurice, Lord of Kerry, who had lost it and his 9-year-old son, to Sir Charles Wilmot. The expedition captured Caislean Gearr (Short Castle, of which no trace remains), adjacent to the Cathedral in Ardfert. An O'Donnell from Tyrconnell remained behind in stewardship to hold it, according to "The Life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell"written by Lughaidh O'Cléirigh, circa 1603 in Gaelic.[6]
A large tomb in the grounds of the cathedral was built much later by John O'Donnell (1803–1879), the most prominent descendant two centuries later, and whose own direct male descendant was the late Patrick Denis O'Donnell (1922–2005), the Irish military historian. He owned the summit overlooking Ardfert (Mt. Crusline, Ballintobeenig, from where his ancestral O'Donnell of Tyrconnell, under authority of Prince Hugh Roe O'Donnell would have launched the battle to regain Ardfert for Lord Kerry in 1601). The family seat of John O'Donnell, at Tubrid mentioned by Samuel Lewis in his 1837 Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, passed through a female line to the O'Carrolls. The house expanded by John O'Donnell in Tubridmore was listed as an intended "protected structure" in the archaeological monuments section of the draft Kerry County Development Plan 2015–2021.[7]
In the early 19th century, the Earl of Listowel (Hare) was Lord of the Manor and held court every three weeks in Ardfert, through an appointed Seneschal, having bought those rights from the Earl of Kerry, Fitzmaurice.
The area's archaeological heritage includes the medieval cathedral, St. Brendan's, and associated churches, Temple na Hoe (Church of the young Virgin) and Temple na Griffin. Several have these have become heritage tourism attractions in the Kerry area due to their central location.[citation needed] The 13th century Franciscan Friary, to the north east of the village, was once an integral part of Ardfert Abbey - not an abbey at all but the name of the Talbot-Crosbie mansion destroyed by fire in 1922 by the IRA.
Five other structures included on the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) are located in Ardfert; St Brendan's Catholic Church (consecrated in 1855), the Old Gates of the Earl of Glandore's Demesne, the Talbot-Crosbie Memorial, the Ardfert Parish Room (now a site registered as derelict by Kerry County Council) and Brandon House. There are also many other structures within the village which are not included in the RPS, but are considered to be of considerable architectural and heritage value, such as the Ardfert Retreat Center.[citation needed] Also nearby are the surviving estate walls which contribute to the character and identity of the village.[citation needed]
Geography and development
[edit]From the 17th century (possibly 1639) until 1800 the area was a borough constituency. The borough corporation (its local council) elected two members of the Irish House of Commons. The borough was disenfranchised by the Act of Union 1800, and from 1801 the area was represented as part of the county constituency of Kerry. Ardfert lost borough status under section 13 of the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840. It was one of fifty-eight borough corporations dissolved on 25 October 1840. At this time, about a half-mile east of the cathedral, Ardfert Abbey was the home of the Crosbies, Baron Brandon, and contained the ruins of the old Franciscan Abbey. They also maintained a well-stocked deer-park and gardens.[citation needed]
In the 20 years between the 1996 and 2016 census of Ireland, the population of Ardfert village increased from 648 to 749 inhabitants.[8]
It is located within an agricultural area, surrounded by flat and low-lying land.[9] The main Tralee-Ballyheigue road bisects the village in an east–west axis, with road width restrictions on the western side of the village. To the north of the village, the Tyshe River traverses the village road network.[9] The village settlement pattern is radial and dispersed and consists of a mixture of single site depth development along radial roads interspersed with housing estates. Within the core of the village there is a mix of dwelling types of various traditional designs. More modern design predominates in the one-off housing on the radial routes. The development of a central retail and social node has been constrained to some extent by need to protect historic buildings and monuments within the village.[citation needed]
Economy and amenities
[edit]The village provides a number of goods and services to the local area and surrounding agricultural hinterland.[citation needed] Other developments have increased its role as a dormitory suburb for Tralee. The village also acts as a convenience stop for tourist and local through traffic.[citation needed] The village is served by social and retail services, including a Garda station, An Post post office, health centre, garage, petrol station and a number of retail outlets and public houses. In addition there is a Roman Catholic Church, a school and a community centre with gym and launderette. Planning permission for residential development has recently[when?] been permitted on the existing Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) grounds, with replacement facilities planned elsewhere on the periphery of the village.[citation needed]
Transport
[edit]Ardfert is located on the R551 regional road from Tralee to Ballyheigue. The village centre is located at a crossroads between the R551 and several local roads. The traffic is increased by the quarry to the north east of the village which generates HGV traffic movements through the village.[citation needed] During the summer months, the situation is exacerbated by tourist traffic to coastal locations.[citation needed] The Tralee-Ballyheigue road at the northern end of the village sees bottleneck delays in traffic into and out of the village.[citation needed]
Ardfert railway station, on the line from Limerick to Tralee via Newcastle West, opened on 20 December 1880. The station closed to passengers on 4 February 1963, and to freight on 2 June 1978.[10] The track was lifted in 1988.
Sport
[edit]Gaelic games
[edit]Ardfert GAA, the local Gaelic football club, won the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship in Croke Park on 19 February 2006 beating Loughrea of Galway. The club's accomplishments also include winning the 2007 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, defeating Derry and Ulster Champions Eoghan Rua, on 10 March 2007 again in Croke Park.[11]
The local hurling club is St Brendan's, Ardfert. They have won the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship on 8 occasions, most recently in 2013.[12]
Other sports
[edit]A short lived greyhound racing track was opened in the village on 21 August 1929. The venture run by the Kingdom Greyhound Racing Club and only lasted until Wednesday 25 September 1929. The last race was the Ardfert Stake which was won by Captain Off, the even money favourite. The main reason for the closure was the fact that a larger track called Oakview Park (to the south in Oakview Village) was due to open.[13]
The eventing horse "Village Gossip", ridden between 1976 and 1985 by British team rider Lucinda Green (née Prior Palmer), was born and bred in Ardfert. He completed Badminton Horse Trials on several occasions, placing second in 1978 and was the fastest competitor at the World Three Day Event in Lexington, Kentucky, the same year.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]- Ardfert (constituency)
- List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Kerry)
- List of towns and villages in Ireland
Further reading
[edit]- Ardfert in Times Past, Tommy O'Connor, 1999, ISBN 0951573616
- Ardfert Church 150 : A history of St. Brendan's Church, Ardfert 1855 - 2005, Tommy O'Connor, 2005
- Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) by the Four Masters, from the earliest period to the year 1616, compiled during the period 1632-1636 by Brother Michael O'Clery, translated and edited by John O'Donovan in 1856, and re-published in 1998 by De Burca, Dublin (Volume VI, page 2279).
- The Life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell (Beatha Aodh Ruadh O Domhnaill) by Lughaidh O'Cleirigh. translated with notes by Rev. Denis Murphy, S.J., M.R.I.A., and published by Sealy, Bryers, & Walker, Dublin, 1893 (pages 305–307); also later edition edited by Paul Walsh and Colm Ó Lochlainn. Irish Texts Society, vol. 42. Dublin: Educational Company of Ireland, 1948 (original Gaelic manuscript in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin).
- A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (Two Volumes), by Samuel Lewis, London, 1837 (see entry on Ardfert in Volume I, pages 47–50)
- Discovering Kerry; its History, Heritage and Topography, by T.J. Barrington, Blackwater Press, Dublin, 1976 (pages 252–255).
- Vanishing Kingdoms - The Irish Chiefs and Their Families, by Walter J. P. Curley (former US Ambassador to Ireland), with foreword by Charles Lysaght, published by The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 2004 [ISBN 1-84351-055-3 & ISBN 1-84351-056-1]. (Chapter on O'Donnell of Tyrconnell, page 59).
References
[edit]- ^ "F1015: Population and Average Age by Sex and List of Towns (number and percentages), 2022". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. April 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "Sapmap Area: Settlements Ardfert". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ Joyce, P.W. (Patrick Weston) (1910). THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF IRISH NAMES OF PLACES. London Longmans, Green. pp. 149.
- ^ The Chevalier St. Aubin was a Knight Commander of the Knights of Malta, who ran against the naval blockade imposed by the Ottoman Turks during the Great Siege of Malta in 1565. See Malta 1565 - Last Battle of the Crusades, by Tim Pickles, published by Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK, 1998 ISBN 978-1-85532-603-3, page 33
- ^ See pages 52 and 253, 254 and 256 of Discovering Kerry - its History, Heritage and Topography, by T. J. Barrington, published by The Blackwater Press, Dublin, 1976. (ISBN 0-905471-00-8)
- ^ The following is an extract from The Life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell (Beatha Aodh Rua O Domhnaill) by Lughaidh O'Cleirigh (original Gaelic manuscript in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin), translated with notes by Rev. Denis Murphy, S.J., M.R.I.A., and published by Sealy, Bryers, & Walker, Dublin, 1893 (pages 304-307): Ro tharmnaidheadh do mhuintir uí Dhomhnaill an turus do deachattor ar ro creachadh agus ro leirscriosadh sochaidhe leó do earccairdibh mic Muiris do neoch robtar fotha dia tocharsomh for longus agus ionnarbadh co húa nDomhnaill, agus ro gabhadh leó tri caisteoil do daghdúinibh an tíre, i. Leachsnamha, Caislén Gerr Arda Fearta, agus Baile Uí Chadhla, agus fosragaibhseat drong dia muintir occa niomchoimhéd. (pages 304, 306)
- ^ "Kerry Development Plan - Protected Structures" (PDF). kerrycoco.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2014.
- ^ "Ardfert (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Ardfert Village Design Plan – First Draft July 2012" (PDF). ardfertcommunitycentre.ie. North and East Kerry Development. 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Ardfert station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
- ^ "Ardfert crown amazing glory run with All-Ireland club title". Irish Independent. 11 March 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ Murphy, Murt (28 October 2013). "Famine over for Brendan's". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 409. Ringpress Books. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.