APHSource: England from a Back-Window; with Views of Scotland and Ireland Published: 1878 Author: James Montgomery Bailey Biographical Note James Montgomery Bailey (1841-1894) was born at Albany, New York, and…
APHSource: Galway Express March 9 1889 On Monday night considerable bustle was in town expecting the arrival of Mr. P.C. Kelly, of this town, and chairman of the late Temperance…
APHBy Ann Healy Source: Tuam Herald 17 January 1987 In the second and concluding part of ANN HEALY’S account of the now almost forgotten but once famous attempt on…
APHBy Ann Healy Source; Tuam Herald 10 January 1987 IMAGINE, if you will, what it was like to live in rural Ireland a little over a century ago. Only the…
APHSource: www.alansim.com By a lonely prison wall I heard a sweet voice calling, “Danny, they have taken you away. For you stole Travelian’s corn, That your babes might see…
APHSource: Fas Scheme When smallpox was raging in Athenry every house in river lane got it, except two large families who lived in the eyes of Maddens bridge. According to…
APHby Ann Healy Source: Tuam Herald Supplement (1837-1987) THERE is an old saying that still exists: ‘Athenry was, Galway is, Aran shall be the best of the three.” Whatever…
APHFrom The Irish Times 12 August 1986 FIVE of the Tribes of Galway -Kirwin, Darcy, French, Browne and Blake – were landowners in the parish of Athenry, contained within…
APHPunann Arsa: The Story of Athenry (Part 3) Author: Martin Finnerty Source: Galway Observer, December 16, 1950 There is food for thought when one reflects that where today the quays…
APHChurch of the Assumption Graveyard Gravestone Inscriptions Grave 1 In Loving Memory of Dr Wellington Leonard Town House Athenry who died 28th May 1893 Also his wife Alice And their…
