Athenry

Athenry is a market town in with medieval town walls, castle and abbey. In Irish it's Baile Átha an Rí, town of the ford of the king. Those kings were the Ó Mainnín dynasty, ousted in the 12th century by supporters of the O'Connor kings, who in turn were ousted in the 13th century by the Anglo-Norman de Bermingham overlords.
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  • Type: Town with 4,450 residents
  • Description: town in County Galway, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Átha an Rí”, “Athenry - Átha na Rí”, “Аденрай”, “Бале-Аха-ан-Ри”, “アサンライ”, “アセンライ”, “アゼンリー”, and “フランシス・バーミンガム”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Athenry Castle and Athenry Abbey.

Castle
Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a tower house and National Monument located in Athenry, .

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The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul…

Railway stop
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railway station serves the town of in .

Athenry

Latitude
53.299° or 53° 17′ 57″ north
Longitude
-8.7466° or 8° 44′ 48″ west
Population
4,450
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IE ARY
Open location code
9C5H77X3+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52244002
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2966843
Wiki­data ID
Q755389
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Athenry” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Athenry”
  • Breton: “Baile Átha an Rí”
  • Bulgarian: “Адънрай”
  • Catalan: “Athenry”
  • Cebuano: “Athenry”
  • Danish: “Athenry”
  • Dutch: “Athenry”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اثينرى”
  • French: “Athenry”
  • Galician: “Athenry - Baile Átha an Rí”
  • Galician: “Athenry”
  • Georgian: “ათენრაი”
  • German: “Athenry”
  • Irish: “Baile Átha an Rí”
  • Italian: “Athenry”
  • Japanese: “アトンライ”
  • Korean: “아덴라이”
  • Latin: “Athenria”
  • Lithuanian: “Atenris”
  • Manx: “Aah yn Ree”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Athenry”
  • Norwegian: “Athenry”
  • Persian: “اتن‌رای”
  • Polish: “Athenry”
  • Portuguese: “Athenry”
  • Russian: “Атенрай”
  • Slovenian: “Athenry”
  • Spanish: “Athenry”
  • Swedish: “Athenry”
  • Urdu: “ایتھنرائے”
  • Welsh: “Athenry”
  • “Athenry”

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