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Ardmore —County Waterford
Ardmore, on Ardmore Bay, is an attractive little resort with a long sandy beach and a language college. It is renowned for its fine Round Tower, 12th century beautifully proportioned monument to Irish monastic life and is one of the finest, if late, examples of this type of structure in Ireland. Round Towers were built between the 9th and 12th centuries and were used as bell towers and places of refuge for the monks and their treasury of manuscripts and altarware in times of attack.
Ardmore is the oldest Christian settlement in Ireland. St. Declan lived in the period 350-450 AD and Christianised this area before the coming of St. Patrick. St. Declan's feast day is 'Pattern Day' every 24th of July.
