Athenry

E641079

medieval town settlement town

Athenry is a historic medieval town in western Ireland, renowned for its well-preserved town walls, castle, and association with the folk song "The Fields of Athenry."

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Athenry, County Galway	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval town ⓘ settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
associatedWork	"The Fields of Athenry" NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
distanceToGalwayCity	approximately 25 kilometres east ⓘ
governingCouncil	Galway County Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDefensiveFeature	moat remnants ⓘ town gate towers ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Clarin College Athenry NERFINISHED ⓘ Presentation College Athenry NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFestival	Athenry Arts & Heritage Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritage	Athenry Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval town walls ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	designated heritage town ⓘ
hasIrishName	Baile Átha an Rí NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMarketTownHistory	true ⓘ
hasNearbyRiver	Clarinbridge River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPostalCode	H65 ⓘ
hasReligiousSite	Athenry Dominican Priory NERFINISHED ⓘ St Mary’s parish church NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSportsClub	Athenry Association Football Club NERFINISHED ⓘ Athenry GAA NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStructure	Athenry Catholic church NERFINISHED ⓘ Athenry Church of Ireland church NERFINISHED ⓘ Athenry Dominican Priory NERFINISHED ⓘ Athenry railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Athenry town walls NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTownCharterFrom	13th century ⓘ
historicalEvent	founded as an Anglo-Norman town in the 13th century ⓘ
isKnownFor	Athenry Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ association with the folk song "The Fields of Athenry" ⓘ medieval street layout ⓘ well-preserved medieval town walls ⓘ
locatedIn	County Galway NERFINISHED ⓘ western Ireland ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Connacht NERFINISHED ⓘ
meaningOfName	"Ford of the King" ⓘ
nearbyCity	Galway NERFINISHED ⓘ
province	Connacht NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwayLine	Dublin–Galway railway line NERFINISHED ⓘ Limerick–Athenry railway line NERFINISHED ⓘ
roadConnection	near M17 motorway ⓘ near M18 motorway ⓘ near M6 motorway ⓘ
timeZone	Western European Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Irish Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourism	popular destination for heritage tourism ⓘ
transport	served by Athenry railway station ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Galway → hasNotableTown → Athenry ⓘ

Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster → deathPlace → Athenry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenry, County Galway