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Researched and written by Professor Etienne Rynne
Athenry - A Medieval Town
The name of the town is an Irish one, Baile Atha an Riogh, thus indicating that the ford there must have
been of importance in pre-Norman times. As no kings...... [Find out more]
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Athenry - A Detailed History
Athenry, fifteen miles east of Galway city, has a past that goes back several millennia. Quite
apart from polished stone axe heads from the general area, other prehistoric objects found........ [Find out more] |
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Athenry Castle
For about five centuries Athenry Castle has been abandoned, roofless and
fallen into a ruinous state. In 1990 however, the National Monuments Branch of the Office
of Public Works started work on its restoration........ [Find out more]
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Athenry Dominican Priory
Meiler de Bermingham, 2nd Baron of Athenry and founder of the town, bought the site from Sir Robert Breynach
for 160 marks in 1241 and presented it to the Dominican friars together with another 160 marks so that they
might build an abbey ........ [Find out more]
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The Mace and Seal of Athenry
Shortly after Athenry was founded, a corporation of some sort was instituted,
consisting in 1310 of a "Portreeve, Burgesses and Freemen of the Corporation of the Town and Liberties
of Athenry". The portreeve was elected annually, as were of about 20 burgesses- the portreeve ........ [Find out more]
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| Map Of Athenry circa 1700 |
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