Height, high place. Written Ard — the same Irish word, ard, in the spellings English gave it.
Ard is a height, a high place — Ardmore, the great height; Armagh, Ard Mhacha, the height of Macha, on which Patrick founded his church. It also appears as an adjective meaning high, which is why an Ard- name may describe a hill or something built on one.
Source: P. W. Joyce, The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (1869–1913) · Logainm ↗
Height, high place: it is the Irish ard. Ard is a height, a high place — Ardmore, the great height; Armagh, Ard Mhacha, the height of Macha, on which Patrick founded his church. It also appears as an adjective meaning high, which is why an Ard- name may describe a hill or something built on one.
ard. English spellings of the same word include Ard, because the names were written down by ear.