Ardara (English: /ɑːrˈdrɑː/ ar-DRAH; Irish: Ard an Rátha, meaning 'height of the fort'[3]) is a small town in County Donegal, Ireland.

[4] In 2012, The Irish Times named it the best village in which to live in Ireland.

[5] The Donegal County Directory for 1862 shows the administrative positions that were held in the county in that year, including several in Ardara.

[6] There is a photograph of Brendan Behan in Ardara with a glass of tomato juice while visiting Gildea's (now the Beehive) in 1960.

[7] Media related to Ardara, County Donegal at Wikimedia Commons