Athy Co-Operative Foundry Limited

Athy, situated in the south of Co. Kildare, is a market town on the convergence of the River Barrow and Grand Canal.

The town is named after a second century chieftain, Ae, who was killed on the river crossing thus giving the town its name the ford of AE or in Irish Baile Átha Í.

Athy Co-op Foundry is located in an area steeped in iron foundry tradition dating back to the early 20^th century.

In Athy itself the old IVI foundry gave employment to the area for decades under various owners until its eventual close in the early eighties leaving a lot of skilled foundry men unemployed.

The demand for cast-iron products was still high at the time and a small foundry called Athy Foundry was set up, taking on some of the very skilled and experienced foundry men of the area. Creating a firm with the knowledge to take on and complete any job no matter how complicated.

In 1986 Athy foundry was taken over by its present management and became Athy Co-op Foundry. Since then the company has grown in strength and experience, expanding its product range from items in cast-iron to alluminum, bronze and brass.

Catering for a wide range of markets from the artistic to the industrial. With our in-house pattern making facilities the ability to reproduce castings from drawings or worn samples is an advantage. This can be seen from some of the projects worked on, one-off jobs and the restoration of historical buildings and machinery are a speciality.