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Country
  
Ireland

Time zone
  
WET (UTC+0)

Website
  
www.loughrea.ie

Local time
  
Wednesday 7:20 PM

County
  
County Galway

Irish Grid Reference
  
M785281

Elevation
  
115 m

Province
  
Connacht

Aughrim, County Galway

Weather
  
5°C, Wind W at 27 km/h, 82% Humidity

Aughrim (Irish: Eachroim, meaning "horse ridge") is a small village in County Galway, Ireland. It is located between the towns of Loughrea and Ballinasloe, along the old N6 national primary road, now listed as R446 regional road that used to be the main road between Galway and Dublin.

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Map of Aughrim, Co. Galway, Ireland

Its place in history is assured as it was here that the Marquis de St Ruth prepared the Irish troops for the Battle of Aughrim which was fought, during the Williamite war in Ireland, on 12 July 1691.

According to the Irish census of 2011, the division had a population of 595.

Chernobyl Appeal

Aughrim is the base for the charitable organisation Sunflowers Chernobyl Appeal which carry out voluntary work in areas in Belarus affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Abbots and Bishops of Aughrim

  • c.500 - Connell of Aughrim, Bishop and founder.
  • 736 - Flann Aighle, Bishop.
  • 746 - Maelimarchair, Bishop.
  • 782 - Rechtabhra mac Dubbchomar, Abbot.
  • 809 - Maelduin of Aughrim, Bishop and Airchinneach (Erenagh)
  • People

  • John Doogan, recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • William MacCnaimhín, Republican negotiator during the 1798 Rising
  • Holy Trinity Church

    Holy Trinity Church is the Church of Ireland parish church for Aughrim. It was built in 1819 and consecrated on Trinity Sunday 1819 and it was therefore called Holy Trinity. It is cruciform in shape and is still in use as a parish church

    Rectors of Holy Trinity Church

  • Rev. Henry Martin (1819 - 1845)
  • The Very Rev. John Fiennes Twisleton Crampton (1845 - 1888)
  • References

    Aughrim, County Galway Wikipedia