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Born in Rathcoole, County Dublin, he is one of Ireland's most famous balladeers and is best known for his renditions of "The Fields of Athenry", "Rose of Allendale" and "The Town I Loved So Well". Reilly released his version of "The Fields of Athenry" as a single in 1983; it was the most successful version of this song, remaining in the Irish ...
Athenry (/ æ θ ən ˈ r aɪ /; [a] Irish: Baile Átha an Rí, meaning 'town of the ford of the king') is a town in County Galway, Ireland, which lies 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Galway city. Some of the attractions of the medieval town are its town wall, Athenry Castle , its priory and its 13th-century street-plan.
The Western Railway Corridor is a term, used since c. 2003, for a partly disused railway line running through the west of Ireland.Currently two sections of the line, from Limerick via Ennis to Athenry and from Collooney to Sligo, see regular services, with other sections either closed or only technically classed as open.
Athenry railway station serves the town of Athenry in County Galway. The station lies on the Dublin to Galway intercity service, Galway to Limerick and Galway to Athenry commuter services. Passengers for Westport and Ballina travel to Athlone and change trains. [1] It was once connected to Tuam and Claremorris in the north.
Athenry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. History. Athenry was represented as early as 1378. [1]
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry These are the lyrics in this article: Low lie the fields of Athenry Where once we watched the small free birds fly [Hey baby let the free birds fly!] Our love was on the wing [Sinn Féin!] We had dreams and songs to sing [I.R.A.!] It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry
Athenry Castle is a large rectangular building with base-batter, originally containing only a hall on the upper level and storerooms at ground level. The battlements are 13th century with tall arrowslits in the merlons .
"The Fields of Athenry" is a song written in 1979 by Pete St. John in the style of an Irish folk ballad. Set during the Great Famine of the 1840s, the lyrics feature a fictional man from near Athenry in County Galway , who stole food for his starving family and has been sentenced to transportation to the Australian penal colony at Botany Bay .