Culture and Contemporary Life
Athea, like most Irish settlements is home to a wide array of traditional Irish music and dancing. Traditional Irish singer Con Greaney is from Athea. Pub culture is a large element of social life with up to 12 pubs in the village in the 1990s. Also like many other towns, Athea has had its influx of immigrants from the UK, USA, Poland and China whose cultures are also celebrated.
From the 1960s many people from the area emigrated to the UK, USA and Australia. Since then the village has strong links with cities like New York and Chicago as well as many UK cities. Today a lot of young people from Athea take "a year out" to live and work abroad with Australia being the preferred country.
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