Galway County Council has signed the construction contract for a new development of 43 social homes at Gort Mhaoilir in ...

A new section of the Athenry Northern Ring Road has opened, with work on the next phase of the relief road expected to begin ...

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MORE than 40 new social homes will be delivered in Athenry at the start of year 2028. Located only a kilometre from Athenry town centre, the new development at Gort Mhaoilir will provide 43 housing ...

Edel Quinn (grand daughter of Mary Ann Rooney, Cumann na mBan) and Brian Cleary (grandson of Irish Volunteers VP Tomas B Cleary) who unveiled a plaque in Athenry Photo: Andrew Downes Galway rebels led ...

The 2020 Athenry Walled Towns Day is live! It has been in existence since 2006. It is a family focused heritage and educational fun day where all sectors of the community can gain a greater awareness, ...

A Co Galway schoolboy with cerebral palsy has discovered a love of art - by using the wheels of his wheelchair to apply the paint. Joshua Whelan, a first year pupil at Clarin College in Athenry, ...

Council workers carrying out roadworks in Athenry, Co Galway, have made an important medieval discovery. The workers, who were preparing the ground for a new roundabout on the main Galway road, ...

Connemara's Rosmuc and east Galway's Athenry are focal points for the 1916 centenary's programme in the west on Easter Monday. Athenry is one of four national points - including Dublin, Ashbourne, Co ...

Galway rebels led the largest raid outside of Dublin during the Easter Rising - and yesterday thousands of people attended the 1916 centenary celebrations at Athenry Castle to remember them. Skills ...