Lordship () is a rural area and

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, Ireland. It is located in the

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of Ballymascanlan. The local

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church, the Church of St Mary, was built and is in the parish of Lordship & Ballymascanlon of the

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. The church, which is in Piedmont

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, is included in the

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maintained by

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. Other protected structures in Piedmont townland include a disused 19th century railway bridge on the former

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line, and Piedmont House - a ruined late 17th century house associated with the Townley family of

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. The local

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club is St Patrick's. Founded in 1953, the club has won the

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on several occasions. Lordship was designated as a

by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census, at which time it had a population of 486 people.

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{{County Louth Towns and villages in County Louth

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