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ARDGLASS (" Green Height " )

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 451 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARDGLASS (" See also:Green Height " ) , a small See also:town of Co. Down, See also:Ireland, in the See also:east See also:parliamentary See also:division, at the See also:head of a rocky See also:bay, in a picturesque situation between two hills, 32 M. S. by E. of See also:Belfast on a See also:branch of the Belfast & Co. Down railway. Pop. (1901) 501. Soon after the See also:Norman invasion it became of the first importance as a See also:port, a fact attested by the remains of no fewer than five castles in See also:close proximity, which give the town a picturesque aspect. There are also an See also:ancient See also:church crowning the eastern See also:hill, and a curious fortified See also:ware-See also:house (called the New See also:Works), dating probably from the 14th See also:century, when a trading See also:company was established here under a See also:grant from See also:Henry IV. Ardglass was a royal See also:burgh and sent a representative to the Irish See also:parliament. The See also:chief See also:industry is the See also:herring See also:fishery. See also:Ships of 500 tons may enter the See also:harbour at all times. In summer Ardglass is a frequented resort of visitors; See also:good bathing and a See also:golf links contribute to its attractions.

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