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Ashford takes its present name from its location on a ford of the River Vartry, where ash trees historically grew. The area was previously called Ballymacahara (Baile Mhic Aodha Charraigh), likely meaning "Mac Cahir's townland" or possibly "town of the stone fort," preserving a reference to an ancient rath that existed in nearby Rathnew parish. The name Ashford emerged in the 18th century as En...