Athy

Athy is a town in in the midlands of Ireland, 72 km southwest of Dublin. It's long been a quiet market and garrison town, expanding in the late 20th century as it became part of the Dublin commuter belt.
  • Town with 11,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 62 metres (203 feet)
  • …is also known as “Baile Átha Í”
  • Description: town in County Kildare, Ireland

Places of Interest

Highlights include Athy railway station and White Castle.
White's Castle is a 16th-century tower house in Athy, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilberry and Ballylynan.
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Athy is a town in in the midlands of Ireland, 72 km southwest of Dublin. is situated 7 km southwest of Athy.

Athy

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Latitude
52.9924° or 52° 59′ 33″ north
Longitude
-6.9836° or 6° 59′ 1″ west
UN/LOCODE
IE ATY
Open location code
9C4MX2R8+XH
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Athy” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Athy”
  • Basque: “Athy”
  • Breton: “Baile Átha Í”
  • Bulgarian: “Адай”
  • Catalan: “Athy”
  • Cebuano: “Athy”
  • Chinese: “阿赛”
  • Cornish: “Baile Átha Í”
  • Danish: “Athy”
  • Dutch: “Athy”
  • French: “Athy”
  • Georgian: “ათაი”
  • German: “Athy”
  • Greek: “Αθάι”
  • Indonesian: “Athy”
  • Irish: “Baile Átha Í”
  • Italian: “Athy”
  • Japanese: “アサイ”
  • Japanese: “アシー”
  • Lithuanian: “Atajus”
  • Manx: “Baile Átha Í”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Athy”
  • Norwegian: “Athy”
  • Persian: “آتی”
  • Polish: “Athy”
  • Portuguese: “Athy”
  • Russian: “Атай”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Átha Í”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Àtha Ì”
  • Serbian: “Атај”
  • Slovak: “Athy”
  • Slovenian: “Athy”
  • Spanish: “Athy”
  • Swedish: “Athy”
  • Urdu: “اتھائے”
  • Welsh: “Athy”
  • Welsh: “Baile Átha Í”

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