All chronicles and historical accounts written by local residents. Not including records listed in the Athenry Mythology, Medieval Athenry, Athenry Journal, Lamberts of Athenry and Carnaun Centenary archives.
Castle Ellen House and the Edward Carson link
The letter of congratulations from the Youth of Athenry to the leaders who signe…
General History Archive | Book | Biography | Archaeology, Education, Politics | Finbarr O'Regan
Newford
Location The access road from Athenry to the N6 Galway to Dublin motorway cuts s…
General History Archive | Book | Chronicle | Archaeology, Environment, Folklore | Finbarr O'Regan
Patrick Fitzpatrick of Newford
References to Patrick Fitzpatrick of Newford (Athenry in the County of Galway) ….
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The Craughwell Tragedy
Extract from The Tuam Herald, Saturday, March 27, 1909, Tuam, Co Galway Early on…
General History Archive | Newspaper | Chronicle | People | Anonymous
The Story of my Life by Tom Kiernan
Our mother could not afford to keep three girls and two boys. At the age of six,…
General History Archive | | | | Tom Kiernan
Red Hugh O’Donnell in Athenry
Red Hugh O’Donnell in Athenry – 1597 It is recorded in the Annals of the Four Ma…
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Convictions in County Galway 1820
Clare Journal 10 April 1820 The Assizes of Galway terminated on Saturday last. F…
General History Archive | Newspaper | Chronicle | People | Declan Barron
John Edward Joyce of Birchgrove Athenry in 1868 to 1921
A Victim of the Irish Land War? John Edward Joyce bought the Birchgrove Farm in…
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Fight for the King of the Tinkers 1945
Report from Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA, September 30, 1945 Challenge to King of T…
General History Archive | Newspaper | Chronicle | People | Finbarr O'Regan
Griffiths Valuation of Ireland Athenry County Galway
The Primary Valuation was the first full-scale valuation of property in Ireland….
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Emigration of the Scotch-Irish from Ulster to America 1717 to 1976
Background The “plantation” of Ulster, in Northern Ireland, with Scottish immigr…
General History Archive | | | | Michelle O'Brien
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Athenry: A Brief History
Athenry – 24km east of Galway City – has a past that goes back several… by Finbarr O'Regan
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