Athenry - Wikipedia
WEBAthenry ( / æθənˈraɪ /; [a] Irish: Baile Átha an Rí, meaning "Town of the Ford of the King") is a town in County Galway, Ireland, which lies 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Galway city. Some of the attractions of the medieval town are its town wall, Athenry Castle, its priory and its 13th century street-plan.
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WEBAthenry is one of Ireland’s best preserved medieval towns; more than 70 percent of the masonry stone wall still stands. The citizens of Athenry have spent years refurbishing, stabilizing, and rebuilding the stone wall built by the Anglo-Normans.
The History of Athenry - Athenry Heritage Centre
WEBAthenry is the best preserved medieval town in Ireland, retaining the upstanding remains of most of its original high-status buildings, in addition to its medieval street pattern and even individual property boundaries, or burgage plots.
A detailed history of Athenry from medieval time to modern day
WEBThe history of Athenry pre dates the Anglo Normans as archaeologists also discovered that people lived there in the Bronze Age (2200 to 800 BC) and in the early medieval period, between 500 and 1200 AD, a stone-lined underground passage called a souterrain was discovered dating to that time.
An Insider's Guide to Athenry - This is Galway
WEBAug 21, 2023 · Home to the famous 'Fields of Athenry' and one of the finest surviving medieval towns in Ireland, to help you discover all of Athenry’s best bits, we’ve narrowed down a list of our favourite spots in town.
Athenry – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
WEBAthenry 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 C by supporters of the O'Connor kings, who in turn were ousted in the 13th C by the Anglo-Norman de Bermingham overlords.
Athenry | Medieval Town, Castle, Monastery | Britannica
WEBAthenry, market town, County Galway, Ireland. It was founded in the 13th century during the Anglo-Norman colonization. Much of the medieval town wall (1211) survives, together with the keep of the castle (1235) and part of the Dominican priory (founded 1241), which was specifically exempted from.
Athenry: A Brief History - Record - O'Regan's Athenry
WEBFeb 16, 2021 · Athenry – 24km east of Galway City – has a past that goes back several millennia as can be seen from the Stone Age axes and Bronze Age spear heads and shields found in the area.
Athenry, The Medieval Town - Athenry Heritage Centre
WEBAthenry is the best preserved medieval town in Ireland, retaining the upstanding remains of most of its original high-status buildings, in addition to its medieval street pattern and even individual property boundaries, or burgage plots.
Visit - O'Regan's Athenry
WEBThe town of Athenry is an open-air museum. Glimpse of a glorious yet troubled past – may be caught through the slit windows of the Norman Castle or re-echoes of sacred chant imagined in the nave and cloister of the roofless Dominican Priory.
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