Round tower and ruins of St. Declan's Church, Ardmore.
Stone carvings St. Declan's church
Ardmore (Aird Mhór in Irish) is a fishing village located in County Waterford, Republic of Ireland near Youghal on Ireland's southeast coast. The population is approx. 330. It is believed to be the oldest Christian settlement in Ireland. St. Declan lived in the region 350-450 AD and christianised this area before the coming of St. Patrick.
On a hill above the village is a well preserved 30m high, 12th century, round tower and the ruins of St. Declan's church and oratory dating from the 13th and 8th centuries respectively. One of the outer walls of the church features some stone carvings retrieved from an earlier 9th century building.
Today Ardmore is a popular seaside resort with a Blue Flag beach.
Ardmore, Indian Territory began with a plowed ditch for a Main Street in the summer of 1887 in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation.
Ardmore gained relative notoriety in May of 2003 when the 51 Democrats from the Texas Legislature defected to Ardmore as to avoid a hotly-contested redistricting battle, which invariably led to a case that was settled in June 2006 by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ardmore is the principal center of trade for a 10 county region in south-central Oklahoma, with a retail pull factor of 1.7 - 1.9.
Ardmore is situated in West Waterford a few minutes off the main Waterford - Cork road (N25) The round tower overlooks the beautiful sandy beaches and the quiet picturesque fishing village.
It was the second coastguard station in Ardmore, the first one at the Ardmore end of the Strand became a victim of coastal erosions.
Rahilly of Limerick, whilst staying in Ardmore in 1928 recovering from an illness, found the waters of the well to have great curative properties especially for eye ailments.
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