Artane

Artane may refer to:

Artane, Dublin

Artane, sometimes spelled Artaine (Irish: Ard Aidhin), historically Tartaine is a Northside suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Neighbouring districts include Coolock, Beaumont, Killester, Raheny and Clontarf; to the south is a small locality, Harmonstown, straddling the Raheny-Artane border.

History

Artaine, now usually Artane, has a recorded history spanning over 900 years, but for much of that time was a quiet rural area.

Artane , as described from Thom's Almanac and Official Directory: County Dublin Directory, in 1862:A village and parish in Coolock barony, Dublin county, three miles (5 km) N. from the General Post Office, Dublin, comprising an area of 954 acres (3.86 km²). Population, 457. The village is on the road to Malahide. The parish, anciently called "Tartaine," for centuries formed part of the estate of the Hollywood family, and the castle of Artane likewise belonged to that of the Donnellans. The ruins were taken down in 1825, and on its site Artane House was erected.

Artane Castle was recorded from about 1360 when Robert de Holywood, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer and founder of the Hollywood family, purchased it.

Novo Brdo

Novo Brdo (in Serbian; Ново Брдо) or Novobërdë/Artanë (in Albanian) is a town and municipality in the Pristina district of eastern Kosovo. The population of the municipality is estimated at 6,953 people (2014).

Name

The name was derived from the medieval Serbian Novo Brdo, a mining town settled by Saxon miners and Croatian traders in medieval Serbia.

History

Novo Brdo was mentioned with its present name in historical documents as early as 1326. Previously it was known as , Novus Mons or Novamonte in Latin and as Nyeuberghe in Saxon texts. The famous Mediaeval Serbian writer Vladislav the Grammarian was born there between 1410 and 1415 .