The title of Baron Athenry was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1172. The 19thBaron was created Earl of Louth in the Peerage of Ireland in 1749, but both titles became extinct upon his death in 1799.
In 1644, during the period of the Confederation of Kilkenny, the priory of Athenry was erected into a University for the Dominican Order by the decree of a General Chapter held in Rome.
Honble Lady Mathilda Birmingham, fourth daughter of Thomas Earl of Louth, Baron of Athenry and premier baron of Ireland".
Her father was the first and the last Baron of Athenry to inherit also the Earldom of Louth, and with his death both titles died out.
Athenry (Baile Átha an Rí - Ford of the Kings - in Irish) is an agricultural town in County Galway, Republic of Ireland.
Athenry lies on the Galway–Dublin main line of the Irish rail network, at the junction of that route with the currently disused Limerick–Sligo line (dubbed the Western Railway Corridor – see Irish railway history).
Athenry AC has had a large juvenille section for many years and was complemented in 2002 by a growing senior section.
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