This year due to Covid19 Athenry Walled Town Day has gone virtual and the theme of this year's event is 'Learning from our Heritage'.

"Athenry town walls are in an exceptional state and this discovery is the most interesting we have had in many years," Dr Rynne said.

Voices Comment The small Irish town of Athenry has a special place in my heart. What might the arrival of Apple do to it? Soon eight long, white, bungaloid structures will appear in Derrydonnell ...

A NATIONAL monument dating back to the 14th century has been spray-painted by a developer as part of a major commercial building project, writes Brian McDonald. The historic Athenry town wall was ...

An Bord Pleanála is to hold an oral hearing tomorrow into a plan for a hotel, retail and car-parking development within the medieval town wall of Athenry, Co Galway. The proposal by Oyster Homes ...

OPW seeks historic Athenry Castle images for 30th anniversary exhibition Public asked to share pre-1994 photos and paintings of castle and other local monuments.

At the weekend, more than 2,000 local people from Athenry in Galway marched in support of the €850m Apple data centre.

Springing up at sporting events and all the way to pub sessions and folk music festivals, "The Fields of Athenry" has become Ireland's calling card.

So why do Liverpool fans sing it, and what was the original Irish song about? Goal takes a look. Why do Liverpool fans sing Fields of Athenry? As what usually happens with great football chants ...

"I hope now that our public representatives will help us develop the whole west of Ireland and to bring companies like Apple into Athenry, and make Athenry a hub town for the whole of the west coast." ...

In Ireland, the earliest written record of a handball game is in the town statutes of Galway in 1527, which forbade the playing of ball games against the walls of the town (info via Handball: A ...