Ards (or ARDS, ARDs) may refer to:
Medical
* ARDS,
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a type of respiratory failure characterized by rapid onset of widespread inflammation in the lungs. Symptoms include shortness of breath (dyspnea), rapid breathing (tachypnea), and bluish skin co ...
* ARDs,
age-related diseases
Places
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Ards Peninsula
The Ards Peninsula () is a peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the north-east coast of Ireland. It separates Strangford Lough from the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel of the Irish Sea. Towns and villages on t ...
, Northern Ireland
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Ards (territory)
Ards () is the name of several different historical territorial divisions all located on the Ards Peninsula in modern-day County Down, Northern Ireland.
Early history
Ards was once an ancient Irish district that was possessed by a tribe known as ...
, several historical territorial divisions on the Ards Peninsula
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Ards Lower
Ards Lower (named after the former barony of Ards), alternatively known as North Ards, is a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the northern half of the Ards Peninsula in the north-east of the county, with the Irish Sea to its e ...
, a barony in Northern Ireland
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Ards Upper
Ards Upper (named after the former barony of Ards) is a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southern half of the Ards Peninsula in the east of the county, with the Irish Sea to its east and Strangford Lough to its west. It is b ...
, a barony in Northern Ireland
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Ards and North Down
Ards and North Down is a local government district in Northern Ireland. It was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the Borough of Ards and the Borough of North Down. The local authority is Ards and North Down Borough Council.
Geography
The ne ...
, current administrative district on the Ards Peninsula
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Ards (borough)
Ards (named after the Ards Peninsula) was a local government district in Northern Ireland with the status of borough. It was one of twenty-six districts formed on 1 October 1973, and had its headquarters in Newtownards. It was merged with neighb ...
, former administrative district
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Ards (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
Ards was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Boundaries
Ards was a county constituency comprising the town of Newtownards, the Ards peninsula and the town of Donaghadee. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons (Meth ...
, former constituency
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Ards Forest Park
Ards Forest Park is a park in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland.
History and Location
The forest park is situated on the small Ards Peninsula. It sits on the shores of Sheephaven Bay on the northern coastline of County Donegal, Rep ...
, a nature reserve in County Donegal, Ireland
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Newtownards
Newtownards (; ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. It is in the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Newtow ...
, a town in Northern Ireland, nicknamed "Ards"
Organizations
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Ards Community Hospital
The Ards Community Hospital is a health facility in Church Street, Newtownards, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.
History
The facility has its origins in the Newtownards Union Workhouse which was d ...
, a health facility in Newtownards, Northern Ireland
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Ards F.C., a Northern Irish football club from Newtownards
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Ards RFC
Ards RFC (Ards Rugby Football Club) is a rugby club based in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, playing in the Ulster Rugby Championship Division 2. It is affiliated to the Ulster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. The club curr ...
, a Northern Irish rugby football club from Newtownards
Other uses
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Advanced Remote Display Station
The Advanced Remote Display Station (also referred to as the ARDS) was a desktop storage-tube-based vector graphics and text terminal produced by Computer Displays, Inc. starting in 1968. It was announced at the 1968 Spring Joint Computer Confe ...
, an early computer terminal
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Ards Circuit, a motor racing circuit in Northern Ireland
See also
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ARD (disambiguation)
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