Fields of Athenry – Original version (1888)
Source: 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…
Source: 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…
Source: 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…
by 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…
From 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…
Church 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…
Martin Fitzpatrick Source: Athenry Journal No 11. 1998 In order to reinforce their position in parts of Ireland conquered, the Anglo-Normans constructed earthwork castles in the late 12th and early…
Source: Connaught Telegraph 10 December 1887 And cloud-like the glories of Connaught rolled by. Till they sank in the horrors of grim Athenry. On a lonely, part of…
Source: GALWAY ARCH. AND HISTORT SOCIETT JOURNAL VOL. 14 P77 VOL. 14 Mr. Charles McNeill was able to correct the longstanding blunder about the Franciscan abbey, but he noted 2…
From 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 the broken…
John Dunton transcribed from the manuscript by Andrew Carpenter