Editing Athenry

{{short description|Town in County Galway, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type        = Town
| name                   = Athenry
| native_name            = {{lang|ga|Baile Átha an Rí}}
| native_name_lang       = ga
| image_skyline          = Athenry Castle.jpg
| image_caption          = [[Athenry Castle]]
| pushpin_map            = Ireland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Ireland
| coordinates            = {{coord|53.300|-8.746|dim:100000_region:IE|display=inline,title}}
| blank_name_sec1        = Irish Grid Reference
| blank_info_sec1        = {{iem4ibx|M500282}}
| subdivision_type       = Country
| subdivision_name       = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Connacht]]
| subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
| subdivision_name2      = [[County Galway]]
| unit_pref              = Metric
| elevation_m            = 47
| population_as_of       = 2022
| population             = 4,603
| population_footnotes   = <ref name=cso2022>{{cite web |title=Profile 1 – Population Distribution and Movement F1015 – Population: Athenry, Co. Galway |url=https://data.cso.ie/table/F1015 |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]] |access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref> 
| area_code_type         = [[Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland|Telephone area code]]
| area_code              = +353(0)91
| postal_code_type       = [[Eircode]] routing key
| postal_code            = H65
| timezone               = [[Western European Time|WET]]
| utc_offset             = ±0
| timezone_DST           = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset_DST         = +1
}}

'''Athenry''' ({{IPAc-en|æ|θ|ən|ˈ|r|aɪ}};{{efn|''Athenry'' is pronounced like ''[[Athens]]'' without the ''s'', followed by ''rye''; the accent is on the last syllable.}} {{Irish place name|Baile Átha an Rí|town of the ford of the king}}) is a town in [[County Galway]], Ireland, which lies {{convert|25|km|miles}} east of [[Galway]] city. Some of the attractions of the medieval town are its town wall, [[Athenry Castle]], its [[Athenry Abbey|priory]] and its 13th-century street-plan. The town is also well known by virtue of the song "[[The Fields of Athenry]]". The town is in a [[townland]], [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] and [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] of the same name.<ref name=logainm>{{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1411928 | title = Baile Átha an Rí/Athenry | work = [[Placenames Database of Ireland]] | access-date = 4 January 2025}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Athenry St Mary's Parish Church South Transept 2009 09 17.jpg|left|thumb|St. Mary's Parish Church in Athenry.]]
{{Historical populations|state=collapsed|width=22.2em
|1821|1093
|1831|1319
|1841|1236
|1851|1487
|1861|1283
|1871|1194
|1881|1030
|1891|910
|1901|853
|1911|791
|1926|993
|1936|1048
|1946|1153
|1951|1181
|1956|1287
|1961|1266
|1966|1333
|1971|1240
|1981|1479
|1986|1642
|1991|1612
|1996|1614
|2002|2154
|2006|3205
|2011|3950
|2016|4445
|2022|4603
|footnote=<ref name=cso2022/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/Show?page=Home |title=Histpop — The Online Historical Population Reports Project |website=HistPop.org |access-date=26 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Irish population, economy, and society: Essays in honour of the late K.H. Connell |last=Lee |first=J. J. |publisher=Clarendon Press |year=1981 |editor-last=Connell |editor-first=Kenneth Hugh |location=Oxford, England |pages=37–56 |chapter=On the accuracy of the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|pre-famine]] Irish censuses |author-link=J. J. Lee (historian) |editor-last2=Goldstrom |editor-first2=J. M. |editor-last3=Clarkson |editor-first3=Leslie A.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mokyr |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Mokyr |last2=Ó Gráda |first2=Cormac |author-link2=Cormac Ó Gráda |date=1984 |title=New developments in Irish population history, 1700-1850 |journal=The Economic History Review |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=473–488 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x|hdl=10197/1406 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
}}
Athenry's name derives from the ford ('Áth') crossing the river Clarin just east of the settlement. It was originally called 'Áth na Ríogh' ('Ford of the Kings') because it was the home area of the Cenél nDéigill kings of [[Soghain|Soghan]], whose leading lineage were the Ó Mainnín.<ref name="mannion_clan" >{{Cite web |url=http://www.mannionclan.org/ |title=The Mannion Clan |website=MannionClan.org |access-date=10 April 2017}}</ref> On some medieval maps of English origin the town is called Kingstown.

Originally, Soghan was surrounded by [[Uí Maine]] to the east, [[Aidhne]] to the south, and [[Maigh Seola]] to the west. However, after 1135, and by 1152, [[Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair]] forcibly incorporated it into the newly created [[trícha cét]] of [[Clann Taidg]], ruled by lords such as [[Fearghal Ó Taidg an Teaghlaigh]], who expelled the Ó Mainnín family. In the 1230s the Ó Taidg an Teaghlaigh family were in turn displaced by [[Meyler de Bermingham]].<ref name="mannion_clan" />

The earliest remaining building in the town is [[Athenry Castle]] which was built sometime before 1240 by [[Meyler de Bermingham]]. In 1241, the [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] Priory was founded, and became an important center for learning and teaching. It was ostensibly closed during the [[Protestant Reformation]] but survived until being desecrated and burned during the Mac an Iarla wars of the 1560s–80s, and was finally vandalised by Cromwellians in the 1650s. The medieval walls around Athenry are among the most complete and best preserved in Ireland, with 70% of the original circuit still standing, along with some of the original towers and the original North gate.<ref>{{cite book |title=Athenry: A Medieval Irish town|last=Rynne |first=Etienne |publisher=Athenry Historical Society|year=1992 |isbn=978-0716524748}}</ref> The remains of the Lorro Gate were partially unearthed in 2007 during the redevelopment of road works in the area.

In the centre of the town is the 'square'; markets were held from the 17th century onwards and where the town's late 15th century '[[Market Cross]]' is still located. The monument, which is of [[Tabernacle]] or [[Lantern]] type, is the only one of its kind in Ireland, and the only medieval cross in the country still standing in situ.<ref>{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Avril |title=The walled towns of Ireland |publisher=Irish Academic Press |year=1992 |asin=B00382S42I}}</ref> A heritage centre now occupies the remains of the mid-13th century St Mary's [[Collegiate Church]] adjacent to the town Square. The original medieval church is largely destroyed, but in 1828 a [[Church of Ireland]] church was built into its chancel.

[[File:Athenry Shield.jpg|thumb|A late Bronze Age shield, found near Athenry, is now in the British Museum]]

In 1791, [[Jean Antoine Coquebert de Montbret]] visited the town, which he described as:
{{blockquote|text=It covers 50 acres but has not more than 60 houses. [...] There is [[Athenry Abbey|an abbey]] of which the ruins are almost all standing. There is a big uninhabited castle called Bermingham's Court [...]. In the middle of Athenry is the stump of a cross destroyed in the wars, on which a [[crucifix]] in [[bas-relief]] still remains. [...] I noticed at the door of a tavern a large cake decorated with a bouquet. It was a prize for the best dancer. [...] The road from Athenry is very beautiful and there are no barriers. |author=[[Jean Antoine Coquebert de Montbret]] |source=<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ní Chinnéide |first=Síle |date=1952 |title=Coquebert de Montbret's: Impressions of Galway City and County in the year 1791 |journal=Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society |volume=25 |issue=1/2 |pages=1–14 |issn=0332-415X |oclc=5557175705}}</ref>}}

Moyode Castle is another tall 16th-century fortified [[tower house]] of the Dolphin family, which went to the Persse family. The castle is now restored and inhabited and is located {{convert|3.5|mi|km}} from the town of Athenry.

In 1863, a late [[Bronze Age]] shield was found in the vicinity of Athenry, and is now held in the [[British Museum]]'s collection.<ref>{{cite web | title=Museum number 1888,0719.1 – Shield |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1888-0719-1 |work=British Museum Collection |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>

==Economy and transport==
[[File:Athenry Priory NE 2009 09 13.jpg|thumb|[[Athenry Abbey|Athenry Dominican Priory]]]]

===Transport===
By road, Athenry is served by the [[M6 motorway (Ireland)|M6 motorway]] which links Galway city to [[Dublin]]. By rail, it is served by the [[Athenry railway station]], which opened on 1 August 1851 and lies on the Galway–Dublin main line of the [[rail transport in Ireland|Irish rail network]]. The town is at the [[junction (rail)|junction]] of the Galway–Dublin line, and the partially complete the [[Western Railway Corridor]] ([[Limerick]]–[[Sligo]]).

===Industry===
In December 2017, funding was announced for a "Food Innovation Hub" in Athenry, projected by its promoters to create 360 jobs within 3 years, and to cost in the region of €3.9m.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/athenry-gets-4-5m-food-innovation-campus-as-apple-in-limbo-1.3323056 |title=Athenry gets €4.5m food innovation campus as Apple 'in limbo' |last=Siggins |first=Lorna |last2=Hamilton |first2=Peter |date=11 December 2017 |website=[[The Irish Times]] |language=en |access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Athenry Clareen River 2009 09 13.jpg|thumb|[[River Clarin]]]]

==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>

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland}}

===Twin towns – Sister cities===
Athenry is [[town twinning|twinned]] with the town of [[Quimperlé]] in [[Brittany]] ([[France]]) and, since 2013, [[Renews-Cappahayden]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] ([[Canada]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=20070212&article=20070212-323481&type=ar |title=Jumelage Quimperlé-Athenry: Pâques en Irlande |date=12 February 2007 |website=[[Le Télégramme]] |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612233723/http://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=20070212&article=20070212-323481&type=ar |archive-date=12 June 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=12 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/63523/athenry-twinned-with-newfoundland-town |title=Athenry twinned with Newfoundland town |date=5 September 2013 |work=[[Galway Advertiser]] |access-date=12 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612233007/http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/63523/athenry-twinned-with-newfoundland-town |archive-date=12 June 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==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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==See also==
* [[Battle of Maigh Mucruimhe]]
* [[Baron Athenry]]
* [[First Battle of Athenry]]
* [[Second Battle of Athenry]]
* [[The Sack of Athenry]]
* [[The Fields of Athenry]]  
* [[Nevin (surname)]]
* [[List of monastic houses in Ireland#County Galway|List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Galway)]]
* [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]]

==Note==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
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* {{cite journal |last=Blake |first=Martin J. |date=1902 |title=The abbey of Athenry |journal=Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society|volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=65–90}} 
* {{cite book |title=Eagles over Ireland |last=Browne |first=Paul |date=2003 |publisher=Paul Browne and the Flying Fortress 1943 Project (2003)}}
* {{cite thesis |type=PhD |last=Cody |first=Eamon |date=1989 |title=An archaeological survey of the Barony of Athenry, County Galway |publisher=National University of Ireland, Galway}}
* {{cite book |title=Punann Arsa: The story of Athenry, Co. Galway |last=Finnerty |first=Martin |date=1951 |asin=B0007JU37E}}
* {{cite book |title=Punann Arsa: The story of Athenry, Co. Galway |last=Finnerty |first=Martin |date=1951 |publisher=The Author |location=Ballinasloe, Ireland |oclc=19053582}}
* {{cite book |title=Irish walled towns |last=John. |first=Givens |date=2008 |publisher=Liffey Press |isbn=978-1905785261 |oclc=190966333 |location=Dublin}}
* {{cite journal |last=Holland |first=Patrick|date=1997 |title=The Anglo-Norman landscape in County Galway; Land-holdings, castles and settlements |journal=Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society|volume=49 |pages=159–193}} 
* {{cite book |title=Athenry: A brief history and guide |last=Healy |first=Ann |date=1989 |publisher=A. Healy |location=Athenry, Ireland |oclc=25247772}}
* {{cite book |title=Kiltullagh/Killimordaly as the centuries passed: A history from 1500–1900 |last=Jordan |first=Kieran |date=2000 |publisher=Kiltullagh/Killimordaly Historical Society |isbn=978-0953868407 |oclc=47658628}}
* {{cite journal |last=Macalister |first=Robert Alexander Stewart |author-link=R. A. Stewart Macalister |date=1913 |title=The Dominican Church at Athenry |journal=The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=197–222 |issn=0035-9106 |oclc=5557091173}}
* {{cite book |url=http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001B/ |title=Annala Uladh: Annals of Ulster otherwise Annala Senait, Annals of Senat: a chronicle of Irish affairs from A.D. 431 to A.D. 1540 |last=MacCarthy |first=Bartholomew |last2=Hennessy |first2=William Maunsell |last3=O'Cassidy |first3=Rory |last4=Maguire |first4=Cathal MacMaghnusa |last5=Royal Irish Academy |date=1887–1901 |publisher=Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by A. Thom & co. |location=Dublin}}
* {{cite journal |last=McNeill |first=Charles |title=Remarks on the walls and church of Athenry |journal=Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical |volume=11 |issue=34 |pages=132–141 |date=1920}} 
* {{cite book |title=Turoe and Athenry: Ancient capitals of Celtic Ireland |last=O'Connor |first=Tom |date=2003 |publisher=Tom O'Connor |isbn=978-0954487508 |location=Cork, Ireland |oclc=53156104}}
* {{cite book |title=The Lamberts of Athenry: A book on the Lambert families of Castle Lambert and Castle Ellen, Co. Galway|date=1999 |publisher=Finbarr O'Regan for Lambert Project Society |editor-last=O'Regan |editor-first=Finbarr |location=Athenry, Ireland |oclc=605967315}}
* {{cite journal |last=Papazian |first=Cliona |last2=Collins |first2=Brenda |last3=McCarthy |first3=Margaret |date=1991 |title=Excavations at Athenry Castle, Co. Galway |journal=Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society |volume=43 |pages=1–45 |issn=0332-415X |oclc=5557085297}}
* {{cite book |last=Roy |first=James Charles |title=The Fields of Athenry: A journey through Irish history |publisher=Basic Books |location=Boulder, CO |date=2008 |isbn=9780786742547 |oclc=817927632}}
* {{cite book |last=Rynne |first=Etienne |title=Athenry: A medieval Irish town |publisher=Athenry Historical Society |location=Athenry, Ireland |date=1992 |oclc=26764288}}
* {{cite journal |last=Sheehy |first=Maurice P. |title=The Parish of Athenry in 1434 |journal=Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society |volume=31 |issue=1/2 |pages=8–10 |date=1964 |issn=0332-415X |oclc=5557173255}}
* {{cite journal |last=Walsh |first=Anne |title=Smallpox in Athenry, 1875 |journal=Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society |volume=48 |pages=143–152 |date=1996 |oclc=538306019}}
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage}}
{{Commons category|Athenry}}
{{Catholic Encyclopedia poster|Athenry}}
* [http://www.athenry.org Athenry History Archive]
* [http://www.athenry.ie Athenry Community Council]

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