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Ardagh —County Longford
The village of Ardagh is a designated Heritage Village. It was here that St. Patrick appointed St. Mel as one of the earliest Irish bishops. The village also features in Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer. At the foot of Ardagh Hill, Ardagh has resonances of the romance of an old Irish mythological tale associated with the hill.
Ardagh Heritage Centre has a unique selection of varied attractions and is located in the old schoolhouse, built in 1898. The story of Ardagh is one of history, literature and storytelling, and the exhibition in the Heritage Centre draws on the rich fabric of Ardagh life down through the ages, including its association with Goldsmith, Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth.
