placenamesAthenry
Baile Átha an Rí
An 1837 account distinguishes earlier extraction at Castle Lambert from a proposed return to work.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Átha an Rí · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Athenry · English · main form
Place & story
A stopped pit and a future intention
At Castle Lambert in Athenry parish, Samuel Lewis recorded that a coal pit had opened some years before his 1837 account. Coal had been found in considerable quantity, but work had soon stopped. The proprietor was considering reopening it. Lewis therefore describes both an earlier mining attempt and a later intention; his account does not establish that the proposed reopening took place. [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.