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See also:ATHY (pronounced Athy) , a See also:market-See also:town of Co. See also:Kildare, See also:Ireland, in the See also:south See also:parliamentary See also:division, 45 M. S.W. of See also:Dublin on a See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (19o1) 3599. It is intersected by the See also:river See also:Barrow, which is here crossed by a See also:bridge of five See also:arches. The See also:crossing of the river here was guarded and disputed from the earliest times, and', the name of the town is derived from a See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Munster killed here in the 2nd See also:century. There are picturesque remains of See also:Woodstock See also:Castle of the 12th or 13th century, and See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Castle built in 15o6, and rebuilt in 1575 by a member of the See also:family whose name it bears, and still occupied. Both were erected to defend the See also:ford of the Barrow. There are also an old town See also:gate, and an See also:ancient See also:cemetery with slight monastic remains. Previous to the See also:Union Athy returned two members to the Irish See also:parliament. The See also:trade, chiefly in See also:grain, is aided by excellent See also:water communication, by a branch of the See also:Grand See also:Canal to Dublin, and by the river Barrow, navigable from here to See also:Waterford See also:harbour.
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