Athy
Athy is a town in County Kildare in the midlands of Ireland, 72 km southwest of Dublin. It's long been a quiet market and garrison town, expanding in the late 20th century as it became part of the Dublin commuter belt. Wikivoyage
Population 11,035 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Ireland
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Stephen Cullinane (Macra na Feirme) Memorial · 480 m
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Woodstock Castle Ruins · 780 m -
White Castle Castle · 450 m -
Ernest Shackleton Memorial · 480 m -
Town Hall Museum · 500 m - Shackleton Museum Museum · 500 m
- Gone Fishing Memorial · 270 m
- 1798 memorial Memorial · 500 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
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