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Ardfert

Ardfert is a parish in the barony of Clanmaurice , County Kerry, Ireland. It is located five miles from Tralee and 194 miles from Dublin. 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 Art Ert, "the high place of ert."

Ardfert is the home of the Ardfert Cathedral and the birth place of St. Brendan the Navigator.

Ardfert has a population of 691 (CSO 2002).


See also: List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
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