Ardara ( ; ) is a small town in

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconn ...

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. It is located on the N56 and R261 roads. The population as of the 2016 census was 732. The population of 731 at the 2011 Census represented an increase of about 30% since 2006. In 2012, ''

The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...

'' named it the best village in which to live in Ireland.

History

The Donegal County Directory for 1862 shows the administrative positions that were held in the county in that year, including several in Ardara. There is a photograph of

Brendan Behan Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) ( ; ga, Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican activist who wrote in both English an ...

in Ardara with a glass of tomato juice while visiting Gildea's (now the Beehive) in 1960.

Notable people

* Bibi Baskin, television personality *

Damian Diver Damian Diver (born 1973/4) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Ard an Rátha and the Donegal county team. He played at half-back for his county. He made 120 appearances, 36 of which were championship, for the team between 199 ...

, Gaelic footballer * John Doherty, musician *

Eileen Flynn Eileen Roche, née Flynn (1955 – 9 September 2008) was a schoolteacher in County Wexford, Ireland, who was dismissed in 1982 for cohabiting with a married man.985IEHC 1, sec.10 In 1985, the High Court ruled this did not constitute unfair d ...

, Traveller activist and Senator *

Martin Gavigan Martin Gavigan is an old Gaelic footballer who played as a defender for Ard an Rátha, the Donegal county team and the Ireland international rules football team. He was a member of Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winnin ...

, Gaelic footballer *

Paddy McGrath Paddy McGrath (born 2 February 1989) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Ard an Rátha and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team. Though not from a footballing family, McGrath would equal his club's most famous player Anthony M ...

, Gaelic footballer * Anthony Molloy, captained Donegal in their first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title-winning season in 1992 *

Pat Shovelin Pat Shovelin (1975/6 – 21 October 2017) was a Gaelic football coach from Ardara, County Donegal. He was the goalkeeping coach for the Donegal county football team. He represented Ardara, his local club. Donegal won the 2012 All-Ireland Senior ...

, Donegal goalkeeping coach in their second All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title-winning season in 2012

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Local news and information on Ardara
{{Authority control Towns and villages in County Donegal

History

Notable people

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