Townland

Ardilea

Ard an Lao

Ardilea is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationArdilea54.28297° N · 5.82198° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Ard an Lao · Irish · main form
  • Ardilea · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Down
Barony
Kinelarty
Civil parish
Loughinisland
Coordinates
54.28297, -5.82198
Mapped area
1.21 km²
Logainm ID
66738 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

28People recorded
7Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Kerr 5
  • Wardlow 4
  • Dreak 2
  • James 2
  • McVeigh 2
Explore the 1901 records ↗

1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Ardilea. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-04-10. How this page was prepared.