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    Athy - Wikipedia

    • Athy is a market town at the meeting of the River Barrow and the Grand Canal in south-west County Kildare, Ireland, 72 kilometres southwest of Dublin. A population of 11,035 (as of the 2022 census) made it the sixth largest town in Kildare and the 45th largest in the Republic of Ireland, a growth of 82% since the 2002 census. … 展开

    Name

    Athy or Baile Átha Í is named after a 2nd-century Celtic chieftain, Ae, who is said to have been killed on the river crossing, thus giving the town its name "the town of Ae's ford".
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    History

    According to Elizabethan historian William Camden, Ptolemy's map of Ireland circa 150 AD names the Rheban district along the River Barrow as Ῥαίβα. Modern cartography, however, dismisses the claim by using triangulation… 展开

    Places of interest

    • Athy Courthouse: Athy's courthouse was designed by Frederick Darley and built in the 1850s; it was originally the town's corn exchange.
    • O'Brien's Bar: One of the town's pubs, Frank O'Brien's Bar, is considered a tourist attraction … 展开

    Where was St Vincent's Hospital formerly the Athy workhouse?
    Athy Workhouse: St Vincent's Hospital was formerly the Athy Workhouse. The Athy Poor Law Union was formally declared on 16 January 1841 and covered an area of 252 sq mi (650 km 2). The new Athy Union workhouse was erected in 1842–43 on a 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) site half a mile (800 m) north-west of Athy.
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