Athboy 100, are proud to announce that on Friday 20th October at 4pm a plaque will be unveiled to commemorate Lt. Frederick M. W. Harvey in the grounds of St. James Church of Ireland. The memorial will be unveiled by his His Excellence Mr. Kevin Vickers, Canadian Ambassador to Ireland. Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey was …
A lecture read at an outing to Tlachtgha
The 1950s, local historian Margaret Conway gave a lecture about the history of the Hill of Ward
Athboy Times Past – Vol. 4
Part 4 our journey through Athboy Times Past.
Headstones & Monuments at St. James Church of Ireland (Old Cemetery).
A complete list of all surviving monuments and headstones in St. James Church of Ireland, Athboy as of June 2016.
The Athboy Railway Station
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 …
The Lawrence Collection
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Lawrence Collection Photograph circa 1901 Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Life In Athboy In 1916
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 …
Father Brady’s Lecture
Bernard Walsh provides a transcription of a lecture from the 1950s which details the history of Athboy from 1022-1845.
The O’Growney Memorial
Co-Founder of the Gaelic League Fr. O'Growney took a long journey back to Ireland four years after his death in Los Angeles.
The History of the Parr Family
A detailed look at the Parr Family, one of Athboy's major landowners. Among their numbers were horse trainers, international rugby players, war heroes and more.
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