Athenry

Connacht · Ireland

Athenry, Ireland
Photo: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
spring to autumn
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limited
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A medieval walled town retaining much of its 13th-century defensive walls, a Norman castle and a ruined priory. Immortalised in song, it offers a compact window into Ireland's Anglo-Norman past.

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