The Bishop of Ardmore was an episcopal

Episcopal polity

Episcopal polity is a form of church governance that is hierarchical in structure with the chief authority over a local Christian church resting in a bishop...

 title which took its name after the fishing village of Ardmore

Ardmore, County Waterford

Ardmore is a fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland, not far from Youghal on the south coast of Ireland, with a population of around 330, although this varies with the tourist season. It is believed to be the oldest Christian settlement in Ireland...

 in County Waterford

County Waterford

*Abbeyside, Affane, Aglish, Annestown, An Rinn, Ardmore*Ballinacourty, Ballinameela, Ballinamult, Ballinroad, Ballybeg, Ballybricken, Ballyduff Lower, Ballyduff Upper, Ballydurn, Ballygunner, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Ballymacart, Ballynaneashagh, Ballysaggart, Ballytruckle, Bilberry, Bunmahon,...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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Ardmore was not included in the list of Irish dioceses approved at the Synod of Kells, but is named as a church which claimed the right to a bishopric. A bishop of Ardmore took the oath of fealty to Henry II of England

Henry II of England

Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...

 in 1172. Bishop Eugenius appears as a witness to a charter some years later, and he also acted as a suffragan bishop in the diocese of Lichfield

Diocese of Lichfield

The Diocese of Lichfield is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, England. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Chad in the city of Lichfield. The diocese covers 4,516 km² The Diocese of Lichfield is a Church of England...

 in 1184 and 1185. Ua Selbaig, who died at Cork in 1205, may have been bishop of Ardmore or of Ross. By the late 12th century, Ardmore was incorporated into Lismore

Bishop of Lismore, Ireland

The Bishop of Lismore was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the town of Lismore in County Waterford, Ireland.-History:The diocese of Lismore was one of the twenty-four dioceses established by the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111. The see of Ardmore was incorporated with Lismore in...

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