The Ardee Corporation Minute Books along with the Ruxton Transcripts are now in the County Archives in Dundalk. However, I made copies of them over 20 years ago and have ...
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Anna worked tirelessly for the poor of Ardee long after the Famine years. In the High Society circles she moved in she was constantly looking for donations to alleviate the ...
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The Irish army of King James II, after leaving Dundalk, made Ardee their headquarters for a time in 1689, the artillery bastion may have been constructed in anticipation of an ...
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1766 ‘Census’ of the United Parishes of Ardee, Shanlish, Smarmore, Stickillen and Kildemock.
The original list was compiled in 1766 by the Vicar of Ardee, William Lill, most likely from the Parochial Tythes Book. Tythes were another form of taxation and constituted a ...
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On 30th May 1842 the first of many inmates (described as the destitute poor) were admitted. Initially the numbers remained between 200 to 600 but, as the potato crops failed ...
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A fascinating mystery involves the Ruxton/Fitzherbert intermarriage which is even more confusing than I had outlined above as William Ruxton, the Surgeon General in 1754 purchased Blackcastle (Registry of deeds ...
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With the dawn of the fourteenth century the people of Ardee awakened to a period of increase lawlessness in Ireland in general and in the areas north of Ardee in ...
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Taken from Ardee Facebook page by Kevin McKenny. The coming of the Pippards opens a new chapter in the history of Ardee because it was them who, as Lords ...
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Joe Dolan was a leading Ardee figure of his time. He knew many of the leading figures of the 1916 rebellion including Paidraig Pearce and Douglas Hyde, the first president. ...
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It is known as The 1917 to 1921 Service Medal. This medal was awarded to those who were deemed to have taken part in the Irish War of Independence on ...
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Taken from Ardee Facebook page - courtesy of Kevin McKenny. On Tuesday 3 September 1861 the people of Ardee and the surrounding countryside assembled in the Market Square of the ...
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