Ard Ghlais

Ardglass's Irish name, Ard Ghlais, is usually read as 'green height', and a 1634 map records a green height called The Ward above the harbour, which may be the hill the name describes. In the 13th century the place was a minor settlement; by the 15th century it had grown into a port, exporting grain in the 14th and 15th centuries and handling trade on a scale that left warehouses from the perio...