Athenry

Athenry Baile Átha an Rí
Town
Athenry Castle
Athenry Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°18′00″N 8°44′46″W / 53.300°N 8.746°W / 53.300; -8.746
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Elevation	47 m (154 ft)
Population  (2022)[1]	4,603
Time zone	UTC±0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing key	H65
Telephone area code	+353(0)91
Irish Grid Reference	M500282

Athenry (/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. The town is also well known by virtue of the song "The Fields of Athenry".

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