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About Aughrim

Aughrim is a village in County Galway, 49 km east of Galway city. The horse ridge on the old Dublin road where St Ruth drew up the Jacobite army for the Battle of Aughrim on 12 July 1691, with bishops on the site since about 500.

Where
49 km from Galway, 137 km from Dublin
Position
53.3038° N, 8.3165° W
In Irish
Eachroim
On the model
476 buildings, 3 streets, 82 places in 18 kinds
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Aughrim on Wikipedia
The 3D model of Aughrim with every named place pinned
Memorial cross on the site of the Battle of Aughrim
Memorial cross on the site of the Battle of Aughrim
No machine-readable author provided. Damac assumed (based on copyright claims)., public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Depiction of the Battle of Aughrim (1691) by John Mulvany. Note: image of painting was edited by Scolaire…
Depiction of the Battle of Aughrim (1691) by John Mulvany. Note: image of painting was edited by Scolaire…
John Mulvany (c. 1839 – 1906), public domain via Wikimedia Commons
View of the Battle of Aughrim, 1691, from the Williamite lines, looking toward the Jacobite positions
View of the Battle of Aughrim, 1691, from the Williamite lines, looking toward the Jacobite positions
Jan Wyk, public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Near Aughrim, County Galway
Near Aughrim, County Galway
Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

A short history

  1. About 500
    Connell of Aughrim. The bishop and founder; Flann Aighle in 736, Maelimarchair in 746, the abbot Rechtabhra in 782 and Maelduin, bishop and erenagh, in 809 followed him.
  2. About 600
    Aodh mac Aidmhire. The dynast is among the village's recorded names.
  3. 12 July 1691
    The battle. The Marquis de St Ruth prepared the Irish Catholic Jacobite troops here for the battle of the Williamite war.
  4. 1798
    MacNeven. William James MacNeven, the republican negotiator of the rising, was born here.
  5. 1819
    Holy Trinity. The cruciform Church of Ireland church was consecrated on Trinity Sunday and named for it; Henry Martin and then John Crampton were its rectors for its first seventy years.
  6. 2011
    595 people. The census count for the division, on the R446 that was the N6 between Loughrea and Ballinasloe.

The full history, 6 moments in order

What to see

  1. The Battle of Aughrim centre191 m

    The museum of the battle of 1691 in the village.

  2. The Bloody Hollow1.4 km

    The ground of the battle, 1.4 km out.

  3. Holy Trinity Church98 m

    The church of 1819, still the parish church.

  4. Kilcommadan1.9 km

    The old church 2 km away.

  5. Kilconnell Abbey6.4 km

    The friary 6.4 km north.

  6. Clontuskert Abbey7.1 km

    The priory 7 km east towards Ballinasloe.

All the things to see and do

Questions people ask

Where is Aughrim?
In County Galway, in the province of Connacht, in the west of Ireland: 49 km east of Galway city and 137 km west of Dublin, on the R446 between Loughrea and Ballinasloe.
What is there in Aughrim?
On the map, 82 named places in 18 kinds: 0 places to eat and drink, 0 shops, 5 schools, churches and public buildings, and 75 things to see within 12 km.
What is Aughrim known for?
The Battle of Aughrim of 1691, the bloodiest of the Williamite war, its interpretative centre, and a church site with bishops from about 500.

Getting around

Aughrim sits on the R446 between Loughrea and Ballinasloe. 2 bus stops and 0 car parks are on the map.

History, sights and civic facts summarise Wikipedia, "Aughrim, County Galway" (CC BY-SA 4.0, read 2026-09-19). Population is the CSO census as listed there. Distances and everything on the model are OpenStreetMap.