Editing Athenry (section)

==Sport==
Athenry is home to the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] [[Athenry GAA|St. Mary Club]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athenrygaa.com |title=St. Mary GAA Club Athenry official website |website=Athenrygaa.it|access-date=5 May 2017}}</ref> which has won three [[All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship]] titles.

Athenry Athletics Club has a juvenile and a senior section.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.athenryac.com/athenry_ac_juvenile_contact_information |title=Athenry AC Juvenile Contact Information |website=AthenryAC.com |access-date=7 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607093438/https://www.athenryac.com/athenry_ac_juvenile_contact_information |archive-date=7 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.athenryac.com/athenry-ac-senior-10th-anniversary-some-thoughts-and-numbers|title=Athenry AC (Senior) 10th Anniversary - some thoughts and numbers |date= December 2012|website=AthenryAC.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607093659/https://www.athenryac.com/athenry-ac-senior-10th-anniversary-some-thoughts-and-numbers |archive-date=7 June 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=7 June 2017}}</ref> The club has produced two [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] sprinters, Martina McCarthy and [[Paul Hession]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.athenryac.com/martina-medals-aai-games |title=Martina Medals at AAI Games |date=18 May 2009 |website=AthenryAC.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507114649/https://www.athenryac.com/martina-medals-aai-games |archive-date=7 May 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=7 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.athenryac.com/good-luck-paul-hession |title=Good Luck Paul Hession |date=20 August 2007 |website=AthenryAC.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507115422/https://www.athenryac.com/good-luck-paul-hession |archive-date=7 May 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=7 May 2017}}</ref> McCarthy represented Ireland in the [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|women's 4 × 400 metres relay]] at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] and Hession competed in the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|men's 200 metres]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].

Athenry is also home to Athenry F.C., founded in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.athenrysoccerclub.ie/history.html |title=Athenry FC History |website=AthenrySoccerClub.ie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529111854/http://www.athenrysoccerclub.ie/history.html |archive-date=29 May 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=29 May 2017}}</ref> The club reached the 2006 final of the [[FAI Junior Cup]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=60 |title=FAI Junior Cup 2006 |website=FAI.it |publisher=[[Football Association of Ireland]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005083111/http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=60 |archive-date=5 October 2006 |url-status=dead |access-date=5 October 2006}}</ref> and the following year it became the [[Galway & District League]] champions for the first time, repeating the same achievement during the 2007–08, 2009–10, and 2014–15 seasons.<ref name="honours" >{{Cite web |url=http://www.athenryfootballclub.com/club-honours.html |title=Athenry Football Club Roll of Honor |website=AthenrySoccerClub.ie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529113538/http://www.athenryfootballclub.com/club-honours.html |archive-date=29 May 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=29 May 2017}}</ref> In 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2016, Athenry also won the [[Connacht Junior Cup (association football)|Connacht Junior Cup]] title.<ref name="honours" />

Athenry is also home of the Athenry Golf Club and Athenry Judo Club.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.athenrygolfclub.net/about-us/history.html |title=History of Athenry Golf Club |website=AthenryGolfClub.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028122926/http://www.athenrygolfclub.net/about-us/history.html |archive-date=28 October 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=28 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.athenryjudoclub.com/ |title=Athenry Judo Club |website=AthenryJudoClub.com |access-date=28 October 2017}}</ref>