Athy

Athy
Baile Átha Í
Town
River Barrow, Crom-a-Boo Bridge and White's Castle
River Barrow, Crom-a-Boo Bridge and White's Castle
Athy is located in Ireland
Athy
Athy
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°59′31″N 6°59′13″W / 52.99197°N 6.98698°W / 52.99197; -6.98698
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Kildare
Elevation
71 m (233 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
11,035
Time zoneUTC0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode
R14
Telephone area code059
Irish Grid ReferenceS680939
Websiteathy.ie
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Athy (/əˈθaɪ/ ə-THY; Irish: Baile Átha Í, meaning '[town of the] ford of Ae') is a market town at the meeting of the River Barrow and the Grand Canal in south-west County Kildare, Ireland, 72 kilometres southwest of Dublin. A population of 11,035 (as of the 2022 census) made it the sixth largest town in Kildare and the 45th largest in the Republic of Ireland, a growth of 82% since the 2002 census.