Athenry has a place in Irish Mythology! 

Some Irish Mythology 

• The young Fionn Mac Cumhaill 
• Membership of The Fianna 
• Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge  
• The Old Man from Cnoc a' tSíodhán 
• Bodach an Chóta Lachtna – (The Bodach in the Grey Coat) 
• St. Patrick 
• Diarmad and Gráinne

Pictures used in this "Irish Mythology" series are from the Shelter mural in Carnaun School, Athenry, painted by the school children under the supervision of artist Catherine Cronin. 
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