ATHENRY, a decayed town of Ireland, county of Galway, and province of Connaught, 14 miles E. of Galway. It is a place of antiquity, and traces of its walls and castle, and of an old Dominican monastery, are still visible. It gave the title of baron to the family of De Bermingham, and from the time of Richard II. till the Union it returned two members to parliament. Population of the parish in 1871, 3639.