page_title: Ardmore, County Waterford
section_title: Ecclesiastical history
hierarchical_section_title: Ardmore, County Waterford / History / Ecclesiastical history
caption_attribution_description: Ardmore Cathedral, Ardmore, County Waterford, Ireland English: Ogham stone CIIC 263. Ardmore I, Co. Waterford in a wall-niche in the north wall of the choir. The stone was originally located in the east wall of St Declan’s Oratory from which it was removed c. 1855 (see record of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland). The transcription according to Macalister: “LUGUDECCAS MAQỊ/[ ̣ ̣&#160;? ̣ ̣MU]/COI NETA-SEGAMONAS/ DOLATI BIGAISGOB...” Which has been translated to 'of Luguid son of ...? descendant of Nad-Segamon'.
context_page_description: Ardmore is a seaside resort and fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland, not far from Youghal on the south coast of Ireland, with a permanent population of around 430, that increases in the tourist season. It is believed to be the oldest Christian settlement in Ireland. Saint Declan lived in the region at some time in the period 350–450 AD and Christianised the area before the coming of Saint Patrick.
  In September 2014, Ardmore was included on a shortlist of Ireland's top tourist towns composed by Fáilte Ireland. It is home to Ireland's only hotel with a Michelin starred restaurant: The House at the Cliff House Hotel.
context_section_description: At the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111, recognition was given to the Diocese of Ardmore, reputedly founded by Saint Declan, one of the Munster saints said to have preceded Saint Patrick in bringing Christianity to Ireland. He was regarded as a patron saint of the Déisi of East Munster. A bishop of Ardmore swore fealty to Henry II of England at Cashel, as a suffragan of its archbishop, in 1171. The last reference to an independent bishop of Ardmore dates to 1210, when Innocent III listed it as one of Cashel's eleven suffragan dioceses.
  No longer a residential bishopric, Árd Mór is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.
  The parish, now called that of Ardmore and Grange, is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. St. Paul's, an old Church of Ireland church in the village, is part of the parish of Youghal.
caption: Ogham stone I in the cathedral
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