Lordship (Irish: An Tiarnas)[1] is a rural area and census town in County Louth, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of Ballymascanlan.
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The local Roman Catholic church, the Church of St Mary, was built c. 1860 and is in the parish of Lordship & Ballymascanlon of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh.[2][3] The church, which is in Piedmont townland,[2] is included in the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Louth County Council.[4] Other protected structures in Piedmont townland include a disused 19th century railway bridge on the former Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway line,[4] and Piedmont House - a ruined late 17th century house associated with the Townley family of Townley Hall.[5][6]
The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is St Patrick's.[7] Founded in 1953, the club has won the Louth Senior Football Championship on several occasions.[8]
Lordship was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census,[9] at which time it had a population of 486 people.[10][11]
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edit- ^ "An Tiarnas / Lordship". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Piedmont, Louth". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Parish Details - Lordship (Lordship & Ballymascanlon)". armagharchdiocese.org. Archdiocese of Armagh. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ a b Louth County Development Plan 2015–2021 - Volume 2C - Appendix 18 - Record of Protected Structures (PDF) (Report). Louth County Council. pp. 19–20. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ T., H. G. (1924). "Two Residences of the Townley Family in Co. Louth". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. 5 (4): 267–269. JSTOR 27728196.
In Piedmont, a little inland from the village of Lordship, stands a long two storied slated house [..] known as Piedmont House, a former residence of the Townleys [..] of Townley Hall
- ^ Johnson, Don (2019). "Piedmont". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society. 29 (3): 369–371. JSTOR 48636768.
- ^ "County champs St. Patricks serving fast growing area with new community centre". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 7 November 2003. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "St Patricks Lordship GFC". clubinfo.ie. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Lordship
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Lordship". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Lordship (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
Lordship (Rampark) [..] 486