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Athy (; ) 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 10,490 (2011 Census preliminary results) makes it the sixth largest town in Kildare and the 50th largest in the Republic of Ireland, with a growth rate of 58% since the 2002 census. From the first official records in 1813 (population 3,192) until 1891 (population 4,886) and again in 1926–46 and 1951–61 Athy was the largest town in Kildare. In 1837 the population was 4,494.
Athy was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.
Athy (also known as Athy, the electric harper) (born 28 February 1984, Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires. Argentina) is a musician and composer who plays electric harp and Celtic harp.
Athy is a town in County Kildare, Ireland.
Athy may also refer to:
Associated with Athy, Co. Kildare- Athy (Parliament of Ireland constituency) in the 17th–18th centuries
- Athy railway station
- Athy Cricket Club
- Athy GAA
- Athy Rugby Club
- Athy (harpist) (born 1984), Argentinian harpist
- John Athy (fl. 1426-38), Sovereign of Galway
- Margaret Athy (fl. 1508), religious patron in Galway