Information about Athenry House

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Athenry House
Irish Form of Name:
Baile Átha an Righ
Translation:
[Athenry means] town of the ford of the king
Civil Parish:
Athenry Parish
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Athenry House Barony Map
Comment:
[note written on this sheet] – King John’s Castle now called the Court. Dominican Abbey, a fine one. The other called the church.
Description:
It comprises about 1/6 of this parish and is for the most part a rocky, shallow, unproductive soil.

Information From The Landed Estates Database

Information from the Landed Estates Database.
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The following is a list of those houses in this townland which are discussed in the Landed Estates Database.
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