Made of Athy founder Colm Walsh before arrival of Senator Bernie Sanders and his wife Jane O'Meara Sanders. Photograph: Ronan McGreevy Athy was a garrison town until after the Crimean war, but the tradition of service in the British army remained there long after, as it did in many places in Co Kildare. Around 60 years later, some 2,000 men from the surrounding area volunteered to fight in the first World War, with at least 290 losing their lives and many others returning disabled. They are remembered on a plaque in the old St Michael’s Cemetery, beside one for another...
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