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Newtownards

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Newtownards (Baile Nua na hAirde), Northern Ireland/UK New Town of Blathewyc ‘New Town on the Promontory’ from aird ‘point’ or ‘promontory’ (and not from ard ‘height’ or ‘high’ although aird is often Anglicized to ard). Founded in 1608 on the site of a ruined Dominican friary, ‘New Town’ has the meaning of a settlement around a plantation. The former name came from Uí Bhlathmhaic ‘descendants of Blathmhac’.

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Newtownards

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Newtownards (Baile Nua na hAirde) Down. New Town of Blathewyc 1333. ‘New town of the promontory’. The current name refers to the Ards Peninsula. The original name was New Town of Blathewic, from Uí Bhlathmhaic, ‘descendants of Blathmhac’, a personal name meaning ‘famous son’.

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Newtownards

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Newtownards , town (1991 pop. 20,531), Ards dist., E Northern Ireland, near the head of Strangford Lough. There are textile and other industries in Newtownards. The ruins of a Dominican monastery, founded in 1244 by Walter de Burgh, earl of Ulster, are there.

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