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Athy
Also known as Baile Átha Í
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.
Key facts
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- Athy
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- ga
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- Town
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- River Barrow and WhitesCastle Athy.JPG
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- River Barrow, Crom-a-Boo Bridge and White's Castle
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- Ireland
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- right
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- Location in Ireland
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- Ireland
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- Province
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- Leinster
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- Centre of Hiberno-English
- Birth of motor racing
- Places of interest
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- Transport
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- Twinning
- Notable people
- See also
- Further reading
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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.
==Name== thumbnail|left|Ptolemy's map thumb|Athy Town Hall Athy or 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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