Editing Athenry (section)

==People==
{{See also|Category:People from Athenry}}
The following is a list of notable natives of Athenry:
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* [[Slim Barrett]] (born in the 1960s) – award-winning jewellery designer and artist;
* [[Anthony Richard Blake]] (1786–1849) –  lawyer, administrator and 'backstairs [[Viceroy of Ireland]]';
* [[Robert Blakeney (died 1733)|Robert Blakeney]] (1679–1733) – [[Member of Parliament]] for Athenry;
* [[Tomás Bobhdacing]] (fl. c. 1300) – founder of the [[Tribes of Galway|Bodkin]] family;
* [[James Patrick Broderick]] (1891–1973) – Jesuit and religious writer;
* [[Noël Browne]] (1915–1997) – doctor and politician;
* [[John de Burgh (bishop)|John de Burgh]] (1590–1667) – [[Archbishop of Tuam]];
* [[Micheál de Búrc]] (c.1800 – 6 July 1881) – poet;
* [[Dominic Burke]] (c. 1603–1649) – [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] [[priest]] and political agent;
* [[Oliver Burke (priest)|Oliver Burke]] ({{circa|1598–1672}}) – [[Bishop of Kilmacduagh]];
* [[Thomas Burke (North Carolina)|Thomas Burke]] (c. 1747–1783) – governor of [[North Carolina]];
* [[William Burke (prior)|William Burke]] (c. 1611–dead by 1685) – Dominican cleric and prior;
* [[Conainne]] ({{floruit}} {{circa|500}}) – Christian missionary;
* [[Ciarán Cannon]] (born 1965) – [[Fine Gael]] [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Galway East (Dáil constituency)|Galway East]] constituency;
* [[Eugene Cloonan]] (born 1978) – [[hurling|hurler]];
* [[Professor John Cummings|John Cummings]] (1828-after 1913) – piper;
* [[Patrick D'Arcy]] (1598–1668) – writer of the constitution of [[Confederate Ireland]];
* [[Basilia de Bermingham]] (fl. c. 1250) – religious patron;
* [[Meyler de Bermingham]] – founder of Athenry;
* [[Rickard de Bermingham]] (died 1322) – lord of Athenry;
* [[Liam Deois]] (fl. early 1800s) – [[highwayman]];
* [[Vincent Dillon]] (died 1651) – [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] [[martyr]];
* [[Padraic Fallon]] (1905–1974) – poet and playwright;
* [[Elaine Feeney]] (born 1979) – writer;
* [[Julie Feeney]] (born 1979) – singer and composer;
* [[Robert French (1716–1779)|Robert French]] (1716–1779) – [[Member of parliament|MP]] and landlord;
* [[Paul Hession]] (born 1983) – [[track and field]] athlete;
* [[Kerrill]] (fl. c. 480) – Christian missionary;
* [[Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue]] (1843–12 January 1940) – poet, journalist, [[Equestrianism|equestrian]];
* [[Larry Lardner]] (fl. 1920) – [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] commander;
* [[Mary Lavin]] (1912–1996) – writer and novelist;
* [[Bryan Mahon]] (1862–1930) – general of the [[British Army]] and Senator of the [[Irish Free State]];
* [[Maél Póil]] (fl. c. 800s–900s) – medieval abbot of Templemoyle;
* [[P. J. Molloy]] (born 1952) – hurler;
* [[Marcas Ó Callanáin]] (1784–1836) – poet and balladier;
* [[Tom O'Connor (priest)|Tom O'Connor]] – local historian;
* [[John O'Heyne]] (c. 1648–1713) – historian and [[Dominican Order|Dominican]];
* [[Fearghal Ó Taidg an Teaghlaigh]] (died 1226) – [[marshal]] to the [[kings of Connacht]];
* [[Joe Rabbitte]] (born 1970) – hurler;
* [[Frank Shawe-Taylor]] (1869–1920) – [[High Sheriff of County Galway]], killed during the [[Irish War of Independence]];
* [[Brian Shawe-Taylor]] (1915–1999) – racing driver;

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