Walking Tour of Medieval Athy

Join Mark Guernon on a tour of Medieval Athy. The Athy we see today is only the current face of an ancient place. The town always was important on the Barrow River, first as a ford, then as a place of religious houses and in one part of its story, as a walled town. Athy was on the Irish frontier and so vulnerable. Historical documents show monies being granted for walls and repairs of defences. The walls were erected in the 1400s and improved in the 1500s. By the 1800s they were all gone