APH(An t-Ollamh Mairéad Ni Éimhigh) by Professor Etienne Rynne Athenry Contact Magazine 1980 With Professor Margaret Heavey’s sudden and unexpected death last February, Athenry lost one of its…
APHby Aideen Rynne Source: The Athenry Journal 1995 DAY OF REST On Sunday the gates Of quiet open and the slow sluices allow the tide Of things to go its…
APHGraveside Oration by Senator Jarlath McDonagh on the 3rd January 1997 “It’s lonely round the Fields of Athenry to-day, as the old historic town and its hinterland has lost one…
APHby Vincent Murphy Source: Athenry ADC’s publication-The Athenry Journal, December 1996 “Well sure, when I was young Athenry was a lot different to what it is now”. Christy Flynn lives…
APHby Cha Taylor Source: Contact Magazine (1981) Having been requested by the editor of “Contact” magazine to interview Christy Howley, I found him hard at work in his workshop. Looking…
APHby Athenry Project Society (1998) Source: The Athenry Journal 1998 The Loughrea Award goes to a woman who for over 50 years has been synonymous with drama in Athenry, as…
APHSource: Athenry ADC’s publication –The Athenry Journal Vol. 2, No. 3 1996 Christopher P. Barrett was born in Athenry in February 1911 and died there in May 1986. During his…
APHBy Jimmy Kennedy All Ireland Champion over Nine Miles A native of Newcastle, Athenry, Willie Morris came late to the sport of running and cross country and competed in…
APHCatching Rabbits Rabbits were very plentiful when I was a young lad. We caught them with ferrets, snares and dogs. All the large coverts of furze are long…
