Athenry
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Template:Ie citytown infoboxAthenry (Baile Átha an Rí - Ford of the Kings - in Irish) is an agricultural town in County Galway, Ireland. It lies 25 km to the east of Galway city. One of the attractions of the town is its medieval castle. It is also famous for the song The Fields of Athenry. Grid reference: Template:Gbmaprim.
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The Claddagh Ring - a typical Irish pub. Symptomatic of Ireland's placename confusion, the town is marked in Irish on the signpost here as Béal Átha an Rí.
Athenry lies on the Galway–Dublin main line of the Irish rail network, at the junction of that route with the disused Limerick–Sligo line (dubbed the Western Railway Corridor – see Irish railway history). There is currently a campaign (West on Track) to re-open passenger links with Sligo, Limerick and intermediate towns such as Gort and Tuam.