Athenry

Athenry is a metropolis in County Galway, Ireland, which lies 25 kilometers east of Galway town. Some of the points of interest of the medieval metropolis are its city wall, Athenry Castle, its priory and its thirteenth century Anglo Norman Street plan. The city is also well known with the aid of virtue of the track The Fields of Athenry. Its name derives from the ford crossing the river Clarin just east of the agreement. Though different inaccurate explanations are nonetheless given, it changed into called Ford of the Kings as it became the house location of the Cenel n Deigill, kings of the Soghain, whose main lineage were the O Mainnin.

On some medieval maps of English origin the metropolis is referred to as Kingstown. Originally, Soghain become surrounded by way of Ui Maine to the east, Aidhne to the south and Maigh Seola to the west. However, after 1135, and through 1152, Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair forcibly included it into the newly created tricha cet of Clann Taidg, ruled by using lords which include Fearghal O Taidg an Teaghlaigh, who expelled the O Mainnin circle of relatives. In the 1230s the O Taidg a Teaghlaigh family were in turn displaced by way of Meyler de Bermingham.