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 …
Father Brady’s Lecture
Bernard Walsh provides a transcription of a lecture from the 1950s which details the history of Athboy from 1022-1845.
A Visit To Athboy, 1916 – Part 4
A Visit To Athboy, 1916 – Part 3
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.
Athboy Times Past – Vol. 1
In the first of a new series we go from cobblers to cows on railway lines with a brief stop over with a World War II fighter.