Ardfert
Sign in to saveArdfert () 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 from Tralee. The population of the village was 749 at the 2016 census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Abbeydorney
- Region
- Munster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 749
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ardfert
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ardfert - geograph.org.uk - 258068.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Fountain at The Square in Ardfert
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Munster
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Kerry
- Elevation
- +78
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Ardfert - geograph.org.uk - 258068.jpg
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- P7959
- County Kerry
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Origin
- History
- Geography and development
- Economy and amenities
- Transport
- Sport
- Gaelic games
- Other sports
- See also
- Further reading
- References
- External links
Ardfert () 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 from Tralee. The population of the village was 749 at the 2016 census.
==Origin== 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.