Ardpatrick, County Limerick

{{short description|Village in County Limerick, Ireland}}

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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

| settlement_type = Village

| name = Ardpatrick

| native_name = {{lang|ga|Ard Pádraig}}

| native_name_lang = ga

| image_skyline = Ardpatrick, village centre - geograph.org.uk - 1572636.jpg

| image_caption = Road junction and pub in Ardpatrick village

| pushpin_map = Ireland

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland

| coordinates = {{coord|52.3413|N|8.5252|W|dim:1000_region:IE||display=inline,title}}

| blank_name_sec1 = Irish Grid Reference

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Ireland

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Munster

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Limerick

| subdivision_type3 = Dáil Éireann

| subdivision_name3 = Limerick County

| unit_pref = Metric

| elevation_m =

| area_code_type = Dialling code

| area_code = 063

| postal_code_type = Eircode routing key

| postal_code = V35

}}

Ardpatrick ({{Irish place name|Ard Pádraig|Patrick's height}}){{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1414023 | title = Ard Pádraig / Ardpatrick | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | access-date = 4 December 2021}} is a small village in County Limerick, Ireland. It lies at the foot of the north slopes of the Ballyhoura Mountains, on the edge of the Golden Vale. As of the 2006 census, the electoral division of Ardpatrick which contains the village, had a population of 398.{{cite web|url = http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/2006PreliminaryReport.pdf | title = CSO.ie - 2006 Census - Preliminary Report (Table 4 page 61) | publisher = Central Statistics Office | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090324224023/http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/2006PreliminaryReport.pdf |archivedate=24 March 2009 }}

In an area which was anciently known as Tulach na Féinne (Hill of the Fianna),{{cite book | title = Acallam na Senórach, Colloquy of the Ancients | first = Standish | last = Hayes O'Grady | page = 20}}{{cite journal | last = Westropp | first = T. J. | date = 1922 | title = The "mound of the Fiana" at Cromwell Hill, Co. Limerick, and a note on Temair Luachra | journal = Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy | issue = 36 | pages = 68–85 | jstor = 25504223 }} the village comprises a small number of houses around a Roman Catholic parish church. At the south end of the village is a memorial garden and tourist information. Each summer there is a 3-day, "Festival na Fianna". The Greenwood, just to the south of the village, gives access to walking trails across the countryside.