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Wikipedia: Athy (– is a market town situated at the convergence of the River Barrow and the Grand Canal in County Kildare, Ireland, 72 kilometers southwest of Dublin. Its population of 7,943 makes it the sixth largest town in Kildare and the 50th largest in the Republic of Ireland, with a growth rate of 31.3% since the 2002 census. The town is named after a second century chieftain Ae, who is said to have been killed on the river crossing, thus giving the town its name "the town by Ae's ford".
![[Athy lock, located at Athy, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Athy_lock_s.jpg "Athy lock, located at Athy, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland")
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![[Ruins of Levitstown Mill, south of Athy]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Levitstown_mill_s.jpg "Ruins of Levitstown Mill, south of Athy")
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![[1903 Gordon Bennett Trophy. Athy. Alexander Winton in the Winton Bullet 2]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1903_Gordon_Bennett_Trophy_Athy_2C_Ireland_Alexander_Winton_in_the_Winton_Bullet_2_s.jpg "1903 Gordon Bennett Trophy. Athy. Alexander Winton in the Winton Bullet 2")
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![[Crom Abu Bridge and White's Castle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/River_Barrow_and_WhitesCastle_Athy_s.jpg "Crom Abu Bridge and White's Castle")
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