Athy
Athy
Baile Átha Í | |
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Town | |
River Barrow, Crom-a-Boo Bridge and White's Castle | |
| Coordinates: 52°59′31″N 6°59′13″W / 52.99197°N 6.98698°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Elevation | 71 m (233 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 11,035 |
| Time zone | UTC0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode | R14 |
| Telephone area code | 059 |
| Irish Grid Reference | S680939 |
| Website | www |
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.