placenamesAthenry
Baile Átha an Rí
The town court moved between meeting places in Lewis’s 1837 account.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Baile Átha an Rí · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Athenry · English · main form
Place & story
Justice in different parts of the town
At Athenry town, Samuel Lewis recorded a borough court with no fixed courthouse in 1837. The portreeve presided wherever proceedings were arranged in different parts of the town, usually on a Monday when business required a sitting. Lewis said these meetings had lately become infrequent. A separate system of petty sessions met every Friday, generally attended by three county magistrates. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Athenry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Athenry, Galway: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.