Athy
Athy is a town in County Kildare 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Athy railway station and White Castle.
Athy railway station
Railway station
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Athy railway station serves the town of Athy in County Kildare, Ireland. It is a station on the Dublin to Waterford intercity route.
White Castle
Castle
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White's Castle is a 16th-century tower house in Athy, County Kildare, Ireland. Built on the site of an earlier 15th-century castle, White's Castle was built to guard the main river crossing in Athy and was extended over successive centuries.
Athy Courthouse
Courthouse
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Athy Courthouse is a judicial building in Emily Square, Athy, County Kildare, Ireland. The structure, which was previously used as a corn exchange, is listed on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilberry and Ballylynan.
Kilberry
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Kilberry is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is located on the R417 regional road in the valley of the River Barrow 4 km north of Athy. Rheban Castle lies to the west. Kilberry is situated 6 km north of Athy.
Ballylynan
Village
Photo: Thaddeus Breen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Athy is a town in County Kildare 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. Ballylynan is situated 7 km southwest of Athy.
Athy
- Type: Town with 11,000 residents
- Description: town in County Kildare, Ireland
- Category: locality
- Location: County Kildare, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.9924° or 52° 59′ 33″ northLongitude
-6.9836° or 6° 59′ 1″ westPopulation
11,000Elevation
62 metres (203 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE ATYOpen location code
9C4MX2R8+XHOpenStreetMap ID
node 4100735094OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Athy” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Athy”
- Basque: “Athy”
- Bulgarian: “Адай”
- Catalan: “Athy”
- Cebuano: “Athy”
- Chinese: “阿赛”
- 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”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Athy”
- Norwegian: “Athy”
- Persian: “آتی”
- Polish: “Athy”
- Portuguese: “Athy”
- Russian: “Атай”
- Serbian: “Атај”
- Slovak: “Athy”
- Slovenian: “Athy”
- Spanish: “Athy”
- Swedish: “Athy”
- Welsh: “Athy”
- Welsh: “Baile Átha Í,”
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