The history of the ordinary person
Passionate local historians have kindly given us access to some of their work for publication on our site. If you are interested in contributing please contact us.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the neighbourhoods of both Trim and Athboy in June of 1846, the motion was brought up that both towns would benefit from the construction of a railway line connecting the towns to Dublin. Athboy was, in the 1830s and 1840s, a place of very little trade and improvements …
Continue reading "The Athboy Railway Station"
The Freeman's Journal Obituary for Fr. Thomas McCullagh Athboy Parish Priest who died in 1872.
The May Bank Holiday weekend was a great success but Athboy 100 does not stop there.
The following is a synopsis of a talk given by Bernard Walsh on 17th April, 2016 on the life of the ordinary person in Athboy one hundred years ago in 1916. The year of 1916 was a momentous year in Irish history. The events of that year, popular with some and very unpopular with others …
Public transport, temperance and dead hens in this second installment of Athboy Times Past.
A 14 year old Apprentice Carpenter "Boys' Indenture" from 1934!
As outlined elsewhere on this site Athboy has been a parish since the 12th century. The original church having been constructed in the medieval period where what is now the Church of Ireland (which was constructed int he 18th century) stands. With Catholic Emancipation in the 1820s the Catholic church began to construct it's own …
We are delighted that we will be joined by The 1916 Song Project on 30th April as part the Athboy 100 weekend.
The following is taken from "England's Difficulty, Ireland's Opportunity" A Chronology of Easter Week 1916 a talk given for Athboy 100 by Máire Ní Mhórdha on 23rd March 2016 in The Darnley Lodge Hotel, Athboy. There are many reasons why the Easter Week rebels felt the need for an armed uprising in 1916. The 1798 …
Bernard Walsh provides a transcription of a lecture from the 1950s which details the history of Athboy from 1022-1845.
