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- August 28, 2015
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Athenry Angling Club
Source: Athenry Fas Teamwork Scheme (1991-1993) Team Leader: Mrs. Marie Fahy. Sponsors: Athenry Project Society Athenry Angling Club was founded in 1971 by a small group of keen anglers. It…
- July 21, 2015
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Athenry Tennis Club 1938-1988
Sources: Tuam Herald, Connacht Tribune, Irish Independent 16-04-1938 Athenry Lawn Tennis Club elected the following officers and Committee for the coming year at their annual meeting in the Athenry Town…
- July 6, 2015
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Athenry Athletics- Tommy Quinn’s Memories
(Recorded in 2013 by Gerry Ahern) My earliest memory goes back to the middle of the 1950s when there was a thriving and vibrant Parish National Schools’ Sports held in…
- March 25, 2015
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ATHENRY BOWLING CLUB
BY EVELYN HOARE ‘BOWLING DOWN THE YEARS’ Bowling is one of this country’s best kept secrets. However it is played regularly by tens of thousands of people. It affords good…
- March 24, 2015
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Kenny Park, Athenry
Source: Contact Magazine 1979 One of the finest playing fields in the County, Kenny Park, formerly the ‘Back Lawn, has had a long association with the G.A.A. Origins Originally it…
- March 24, 2015
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Derrydonnell /Athenry Gun Club
by Michael Mahon Source: ADC’s publication-The Athenry Journal, No. 9, 1998. With a decline in the game and wildfowl stocks a group of us got together, namely Tommy Madden, Willie …
- March 18, 2015
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Old G.A.A. Rules
Sources: FAS Teamwork Scheme 1989-1992 Leader; Mrs. Marie Fahy Scheme Sponsors: Athenry Project Society Appendix 1 (1) Different colours for distinction. (2) Three umpires on each side to referee the…
- February 17, 2015
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Athenry Gaelic Football (1889-1984)
Sources: FAS Teamwork Scheme 1989-1992 Leader; Mrs. Marie Fahy Scheme Sponsors: Athenry Project Society The first mention of the De Wetts (Derrydonnell F.C.) is between the years 1899 and 1901…
- February 17, 2015
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Athenry Camogie (1913-1983)
Sources: FAS Teamwork Scheme 1989-1992 Leader: Mrs. Marie Fahy Scheme Sponsors: Athenry Project Society April 19, 1913 – LADIES Hurling Club Athenry has been to the fore in the…
- February 16, 2015
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ATHENRY GOLF CLUB
ATHENRY GOLF CLUB (1911-1962) Sources: FAS Teamwork Scheme 1989-1992 Leader; Mrs. Marie Fahy Scheme Sponsors: Athenry Project Society The following appeared in the 1911 edition of Golfers Guide. The Athenry…