Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Athenry

Athenry, market town with ry. sta., in the above par., 12 miles E. of Galway, pop. 1030; P.O., T.O.Market-day, Friday. A very ancient town, with ruins of a Dominican friary (13th century).


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "market town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Galway IrlC

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