Athenry
Athenry railway station serves the town of Athenry in County Galway. The station lies on the Dublin to Galway intercity service, Galway to Limerick and Galway to Athenry commuter services.Photo: Conor Lawless, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Railway stop
- Description: railway station
- Also known as: “Athenry railway station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Athenry Castle and Athenry Abbey.
Athenry Castle
Castle
Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Athenry Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in Athenry, Ireland. Athenry Castle is situated 330 metres southeast of Athenry.
Athenry Abbey
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Athenry, also called Athenry Priory, is a medieval Dominican priory and National Monument located in Athenry, Ireland. Athenry Abbey is situated 450 metres southeast of Athenry.
Presentation College, Athenry
School
Presentation College, Athenry is a voluntary secondary school which is predominantly Catholic in character located in the town of Athenry, County Galway, Ireland. It is under the trusteeship of Catholic Education an Irish Schools Trust. Presentation College, Athenry is situated 1 km southwest of Athenry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Athenry and Craughwell.
Athenry
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Athenry is a market town in County Galway 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.
Craughwell
Village
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craughwell is a village and townland in County Galway, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, the village had a population of approximately 1,000 people. Craughwell is 8 km south of Athenry, 12 km west of Loughrea, and 22 km east of Galway city. Craughwell is situated 8 km south of Athenry.
Athenry
- Categories: railway station, station located on surface, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.30142° or 53° 18′ 5″ northLongitude
-8.74887° or 8° 44′ 56″ westOperator
Iarnród Éireann—Irish RailNetwork
InterCityOpen location code
9C5H8722+HFOpenStreetMap ID
node 1660966549OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stopWikidata ID
Q967355
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Athenry” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Station Athenry”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة اثينرى”
- French: “Athenry”
- French: “gare d’Athenry”
- French: “Gare d’Athenry”
- Irish: “Baile Átha an Rí”
- Irish: “Stáisiún Bhaile Átha an Rí”
- Italian: “stazione di Athenry”
- Italian: “Stazione di Athenry”
- Russian: “Атенрай”
- Urdu: “اتھینری ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Athenry and Coláiste an Eachréidh.
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